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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 Danneskjtzld leave behind when he disappears into the darkness?
(a) The number to a bank account
(b) Another gun for Hank to carry
(c) A bar of gold
(d) His calling card

2. How does Dagny deal with the failure of communications on the Taggart Transcontinental when copper wire breaks and cannot be quickly replaced?
(a) She stops all trains until the lines can be repaired.
(b) She turns the problem over to Cuffy Meigs.
(c) She reverts to manual switching and lantern signals.
(d) She goes to James to find out what to do.

3. while John Galt is being held in a plush hotel suite, what is happening in the country?
(a) The people who had disappeared return to help Galt.
(b) Everything comes to a standstill while they wait for Galt's economic plan.
(c) The people in Atlantis decide to assassinate Galt before he tells everything.
(d) More businesses are closing and more great minds are disappearing.

4. What news does James Taggart receive that Dagny had predicted?
(a) Rearden refusus to supply metal for any railroad rails.
(b) The Mexican line is out of coal and must burn wood to run the trains.
(c) The Mexican Government has nationalized the San Sebastian Mine and the Taggart railroad line
(d) The US government is nationalizing all industry.

5. Why are there only half enough freight cars to ship the Minnesota wheat crop to the East coast?
(a) The wheat crop is not really important because there is enough wheat in the East already.
(b) Many of the freight cars have been converted into passenger cars.
(c) Meigs has sent the other 7,000 cars to pick up swamp soybeans in Louisiana.
(d) All the other cars have fallen apart.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hank Rearden learns that the legislature has passed the Equalization of Opportunity Bill, what does he learn from Mouch, his lobbyist in Washington?

2. A theme that runs throughout ATLAS SHRUGGED is one which shows strength and character outside but emptiness and moral corruption inside. What metaphor does Ayn Rand use to illustrate this idea?

3. What is the real outcome after the court fines Rearden $5,000 and gives him a suspended sentence?

4. Who is playing the piano at John Galt's house?

5. How does Dr. Ferris get Hank Rearden to sign over Rearden Metal to the government?

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