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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rand indicate that Wesley Mouch, Rearden's Washington lobbyist, may not be working in Rearden's interest?
(a) He cannot get in to see the President of the United States.
(b) He is at a meeting with Dagny and Owen Kellogg.
(c) He never goes to his office in Washington.
(d) He is at a meeting with Orren Boyle, James Taggart, and Paul Larkin.

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(b) He says that laws that don't work will eventually be repealed.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

3. When Hank Rearden learns that the legislature has passed the Equalization of Opportunity Bill, what does he learn from Mouch, his lobbyist in Washington?
(a) Mouch tells him that the bill has no penalty written into it.
(b) Mouch says the President will veto the bill.
(c) Nothing. Mouch is not answering his phone.
(d) Mouch offers to return the money Rearden has paid him.

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

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

6. Dr. Potter of the State Science Institute threatens Rearden who pretends not to understand his threats. Why?
(a) If he did, he would have to give Rearden Metal to the government.
(b) If he did, he would have to kill Potter.
(c) If he did, he would take his product off the market.
(d) If he did, he would cancel his business plans.

7. When the Taggart board and the Washington influence peddlers meet, what is the irony of their meeting place?
(a) It is held in the terminal beneath the statue of Nathaniel Taggart.
(b) It is unheated because of the coal shortages.
(c) It is in Dagny's office.
(d) It gives complete control of Taggart Transcontinental to the government.

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

9. What show of support does Dagny get from employees of Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) They line the route with guns to protect the train.
(b) They all buy stock in the John Galt Line.
(c) They give a banquet in her honor.
(d) They vote her in as President of Taggart Transcontinental.

10. Why does Dagny have to wait to get in to see Dannager when she goes to see him before his trial?
(a) Dannager really does not want to see Dagny.
(b) Dagny came without an appointment.
(c) Dannager blames Dagny for his legal problems.
(d) There is a mysterious man in his office.

11. Quentin Daniels is hired to reconstruct the revolutionary motor. What is Quentin's greatest desire.
(a) To improve the motor.
(b) To meet the man who conceived of the idea of the motor.
(c) To prove the the motor will not work.
(d) To create a motor from his own concept.

12. 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.

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

14. How does the government plan to conserve copper and electricity?
(a) Recalling all the copper shipped before d'Anconia ships were sunk.
(b) Using zinc and wind power.
(c) Melting down pennies and ordering blackouts.
(d) Limiting elevators from going higher than the 25th floor of a building.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lillian describe the bracelet?

2. At the party, James Taggart demands that Francisco explain why the San Sebastian mines are worthless. What is Francisco's ironic reply?

3. Who offers to help Dagny solve the problem of the rotting wooden bridge on her Colorado line?

4. What happens after the disappearance of Wyatt and his vast Colorado oil fields?

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

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