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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 Bertram Scudder, editor of "The Future" magazine, characterize Hank Rearden?
(a) As an alligator.
(b) As an octopus.
(c) As a great philanthropist.
(d) As a shark.

2. What is the symbolism of the explosion in the Colorado tunnel?
(a) It represents the poor quality goods industrialists offer out of greed.
(b) It represents the end of an era.
(c) It is what happens when logic and reason are abandoned for political expediency.
(d) It marks the end of the Unification Board.

3. Dagny wants to build a narrow gauge railroad in the valley and then changes her mind. Why?
(a) The idea is ridiculous because it would serve no purpose.
(b) She is not an engineer.
(c) She can't do it without Rearden Metal.
(d) It will keep her from returning to Taggart Transcontinental.

4. 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) He probably came from somewhere around here.
(b) Maybe he couldn't find another place.
(c) He probably liked living on this earth.
(d) Maybe the Science Institute turned him down.

5. What game does Francisco play with the Mexican government and the American stockholders in the San Sebastian Mines?
(a) He plays charades but no one can guess his subject.
(b) He plays a game of marbles on the hotel room floor.
(c) He plays poker with the Mexican President in a winner-take-all game.
(d) He knows the mines are worthless and wants to watch them go down with their own greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rand use the party to show the superficiality of the communist guests?

2. How does Rand use the marriage of James and Cherryl to make her point against social philosophy?

3. What is the result of the government's decision to divert coal to the People's Republic of England?

4. What does Hank find when he returns to Rearden Metal plant?

5. What does James Taggart say that indicates he realizes the seriousness of the situation with the Unification Board?

(see the answer key)

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