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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens after the disappearance of Wyatt and his vast Colorado oil fields?
(a) The government reopens the Wyatt oil fields and everything gets back to normal.
(b) Small companies cannot supply enough oil to fill the demand.
(c) Project X provides a new and better fuel.
(d) Mine owners begin blowing up their mines.

2. Why are the guests at the party so eager to discuss the capture of Ragnar Danneskjtzld?
(a) Because he is a pirate who seizes relief supplies intended for communist societies.
(b) Because he is a supporter of the Equalization of Opportunity Bill
(c) Because he is the only one who can save socialism.
(d) Because he has a strange name that they don't trust.

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

4. Atlas is the Greek god who holds the world on his shoulders. In the novel, who is "Atlas"?
(a) The National Alliance of Railroads
(b) Billionaires like Francisco d'Anconia.
(c) Industrialists like Dagny and Rearden
(d) The common people.

5. How does Dr. Ferris explain to Rearden the many laws that are being passed by the State?
(a) There is no other way to rule men than to pass laws that cannot be observed, enforced or interpreted
(b) He says that laws that don't work will eventually be repealed.
(c) He says the lawmakers do not really know what they are doing.
(d) He says that Rearden just doesn't understand what the laws are saying.

6. When Dagny demands that Francisco tell her why Ellis Wyatt will be wiped out in Colorado, why does he refuse to tell her?
(a) He says she is not ready to hear the answer.
(b) He says she already knows.
(c) He says only John Galt knows for sure.
(d) He says he wants to take over the oil industry.

7. Why does Phillip want cash instead of a check for Rearden's contribution to Friends of Global Progress?
(a) Friends for Global Progress does not accept checks.
(b) He thinks Rearden's check is no good.
(c) He wants to pocket half of the cash.
(d) He doesn't want them to know that the money came from his capitalist brother.

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

9. James and Cherryl begin their unlikely romance. Where does James meet her?
(a) Friends introduce them.
(b) At the train station.
(c) In a dime store.
(d) At a cocktail party.

10. What is the "Fifth Concerto"?
(a) The theme song of the Taggart Transcontinental Railway.
(b) An undiscovered work my Mozart.
(c) A composition by Richard Halley.
(d) A composition to a dead oak tree.

11. When Dagny demands to be made Vice President in Charge of Operations, what reason does Jim give her for opposing the idea?
(a) Dagny, father never intended for you to work at Taggert.
(b) Dagny, you're a woman.
(c) Dagny, you'll get married and leave.
(d) Dagny, you don't know anything about railroads.

12. How does Lillian describe the bracelet?
(a) As the only gift Hank has ever given her.
(b) As a unique piece of jewelry that everyone in New York will envy.
(c) As an early anniversary present from Hank.
(d) Something made from the same thing as railroad rails and soup kettles.

13. What does Hank Rearden's mother suggest is Phillip's qualification to work for Rearden Metal?
(a) He holds an engineering degree.
(b) He could get a job anywhere but wants to help his brother.
(c) He is Hank's brother.
(d) He has the social skills that Hank lacks.

14. What is "the chain"?
(a) A bracelet made from the first pouring of Rearden metal.
(b) The imprisonment of Hank's family.
(c) The weakest link in Rearden's new metal.
(d) A means of restraining railroad workers.

15. What is Rearden's suggestion to Dagny about giving in to the state?
(a) They must find John Galt.
(b) They must hold out as long as they can before complying with the State.
(c) They must destroy their businesses before they let that happen.
(d) They must find ways to compromise with the State.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dagny notice before leaving Dannager's office?

2. Who is planning to build diesel engines for Taggart Transcontinental?

3. What strange exchange occurs between Dagny and Lillian at he party?

4. What is the surprising question Francisco poses to Dagny at the wedding reception?

5. 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?

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