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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. How does James Taggart retain his position as President of Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) His firing of Dagny.
(b) He pays exhorbitant bribes.
(c) His marriage to Cherryl which shows he is for the people.
(d) He joins the influence peddlers from Washington.
2. When Dr. Stadler questions why the man who was developing the revolutionary motor was working in a factory research lab, what is Dagny's reply?
(a) Maybe he couldn't find another place.
(b) Maybe the Science Institute turned him down.
(c) He probably liked living on this earth.
(d) He probably came from somewhere around here.
3. Dr. Potter of the State Science Institute threatens Rearden who pretends not to understand his threats. Why?
(a) If he did, he would cancel his business plans.
(b) If he did, he would have to give Rearden Metal to the government.
(c) If he did, he would take his product off the market.
(d) If he did, he would have to kill Potter.
4. while John Galt is being held in a plush hotel suite, what is happening in the country?
(a) Everything comes to a standstill while they wait for Galt's economic plan.
(b) The people who had disappeared return to help Galt.
(c) The people in Atlantis decide to assassinate Galt before he tells everything.
(d) More businesses are closing and more great minds are disappearing.
5. What does Rearden sell off after the bill banning people from owning multiple businesses is passed?
(a) Copper mines and coal mines
(b) Train engines and coal mines
(c) Iron mines and jewelry manufacturing
(d) Copper mines and freight companies
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the symbolism of the explosion in the Colorado tunnel?
2. Why are the guests at the party so eager to discuss the capture of Ragnar Danneskjtzld?
3. What is Dagny's reply to Cherryl's comment that she is "the woman in the Taggart family"?
4. Why does Lillian come to see James Taggart?
5. When Dagny demands to be made Vice President in Charge of Operations, what reason does Jim give her for opposing the idea?
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