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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dannager refuse to say "Good-bye" to Dagny?
(a) Because he is glad to be getting away from her.
(b) Because she will join him where he is going one day.
(c) Because he doesn't want her to know his plans.
(d) Because she has no idea that he is leaving.

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

3. What is the result of the government's decision to divert coal to the People's Republic of England?
(a) Project X has to be put on hold.
(b) People have to wait for needed food to arrive.
(c) Produce from the West coast is held up for 3 days and everything spoils.
(d) Rearden Metal wins the contract to ship the steel.

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. Who offers to help Dagny solve the problem of the rotting wooden bridge on her Colorado line?
(a) Francisco d'Anconia
(b) Phillip Rearden
(c) Claude Slagenhop
(d) Hank Rearden

6. How does Rand use the marriage of James and Cherryl to make her point against social philosophy?
(a) It shows that the rich and the poor are really equal.
(b) Like communism, it is a sham based on lies and deception.
(c) It shows that poor people do not lack social graces.
(d) It is an improbable love story.

7. What is Dagny's reaction to Eugene Lawson's claim that his motives were pure at Twentieth Century Motors because he never made a profit?
(a) She accuses him of lying.
(b) She says the idea is despicable.
(c) She praises him for his generosity.
(d) She agrees that the motives were pure.

8. When Dagny stops at a newsstand buy cigarettes, what is the last thing the vendor says to her?
(a) Oh well, we'll have your cigarettes tomorrow.
(b) Oh well, who is John Galt?
(c) Oh well, you need to stop smoking anyway.
(d) Oh well, next time I'll save you a paper.

9. How does Rand show James Taggart's opportunism after the success of the John Galt Line?
(a) He decides to build a new line of his own.
(b) He buys more stock in the John Galt Line.
(c) He gives Dagny credit for saving the company.
(d) He takes credit for its success.

10. What does Dagny notice before leaving Dannager's office?
(a) A cigarette butt with the $ sign on it.
(b) A plane ticket to Europe.
(c) A pistol on Dannager's desk.
(d) A note signed by John Galt.

11. 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.

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

13. How does the organization, Friends of Global Progress, view Rearden Steel?
(a) That Rearden Steel will be its largest contributor.
(b) That Rearden represents the blackest element of social retrogression in the country.
(c) That Rearden Steel will one day belong to them.
(d) That it is an indignificant business that will likely fail.

14. What prevents Taggart Transcontinental from meeting Rearden's deadline for delivering steel?
(a) Danagger Coal cannot supply coal for the trains because its shipment goes to England.
(b) Danagger refuses to supply coal if it will help Rearden.
(c) The bridge on the Galt Line is blown up.
(d) The coal miners all go on strike for higher wages.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the guests at the party so eager to discuss the capture of Ragnar Danneskjtzld?

2. James and Cherryl begin their unlikely romance. Where does James meet her?

3. Based on what she knows at the moment, what conclusion does Dagny draw about the disappearance of men like Wyatt?

4. What is Rearden's suggestion to Dagny about giving in to the state?

5. How does Rand indicate that Wesley Mouch, Rearden's Washington lobbyist, may not be working in Rearden's interest?

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