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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dagny object to about the San Sebastian Line?
(a) That it is going to help the communist government.
(b) That the Mexican government will subsidise it.
(c) That it is using Rearden steel rails.
(d) That is was not her idea.

2. What is the lie that James Taggart tells the Board of Taggert Railroad?
(a) That he foresaw this action, cut the schedule and removed the good equipment from that line.
(b) That Francisco d'Anconia had sold his copper mines to Mexico.
(c) That he would pay for all the company losses out of his own pocket.
(d) That the whole thing was Dagny's fault since she wanted the Mexican line.

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

4. 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 offers to return the money Rearden has paid him.
(b) Mouch says the President will veto the bill.
(c) Mouch tells him that the bill has no penalty written into it.
(d) Nothing. Mouch is not answering his phone.

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

6. Who is planning to build diesel engines for Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) Eddie Willers
(b) Henry Rearden
(c) Dwight Sanders
(d) Francisco d'Anconia

7. What does Phillip want to leave Henry's house?
(a) Paid up tuition to Harvard.
(b) Money to start a business.
(c) Controlling interest in Rearden Metal stock.
(d) A new car.

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

9. What is the image Francisco d'Anconia has in the public eye?
(a) He is planning to run for President.
(b) He is the diamond king.
(c) He is a noted philanthropist.
(d) He is a worthless playboy.

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

11. 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, next time I'll save you a paper.
(d) Oh well, you need to stop smoking anyway.

12. Who is the childhood friend of Jim and Dagny who now works for them?
(a) James Ellis Wyatt
(b) Eddie Willers
(c) John Galt
(d) Hank Rearden

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

14. Why do Hank and Dagny try to find the old Twentieth Century Motor company?
(a) They are looking for new headquarters for Rearden Metal.
(b) They are looking for a new car.
(c) They are looking for scrap iron.
(d) The are looking for usable parts for diesel engines.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hank Rearden's mother suggest is Phillip's qualification to work for Rearden Metal?

2. Who is almost single handedly responsible for opening up trade in Colorado?

3. What is the problem Rearden sees in any government that professes to run by committee for the "public good."

4. What does "the chain" represent to Henry Rearden?

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

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