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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 9 "The Generator".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dagny's insistence on working as housemaid for John Galt say about her.
(a) It shows that she has little self-esteem.
(b) It is a ploy to keep them from sending her away.
(c) It indicates that she wants to escape the valley.
(d) It describes her work ethic.

2. At home and in despair, what music is Dagny listening to when she puts down her head and cries?
(a) Tchaikovski's Symphony Pathetique
(b) Halley's Fourth Concerto
(c) Cry Me a River
(d) Halley's opera,

3. When a reporter asks Dagny, "Who is John Galt?" what is her answer?
(a) Who cares?
(b) I'll never tell.
(c) We are.
(d) An advertising gimmick.

4. What crisis brings Rearden before the Unification Board?
(a) A plan to return Rearden Metal to Hank.
(b) Rearden's refusal to make steel.
(c) The need for Rearden Metal to decrease its production.
(d) The steel workers strike demanding higher wages.

5. What is the obvious symbolism of the Project X machine that is so destructive.
(a) The power of industrialists to destroy the world.
(b) The noise of a rock concert.
(c) The atomic bomb.
(d) The need for greater and greater weapons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "the chain" represent to Henry Rearden?

2. What message on the city calendar marquee made Rearden laugh out loud?

3. At the party, James Taggart demands that Francisco explain why the San Sebastian mines are worthless. What is Francisco's ironic reply?

4. How does Bertram Scudder, editor of "The Future" magazine, characterize Hank Rearden?

5. What literary device does Rand use to show the end of Eddie's dream of one day marrying Dagny.

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