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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has happened to Dagny during the time that John Galt was recaptured and taken away?
(a) She decides to join the others at Atlantis.
(b) She gets a gun and goes looking for Eddie Willers.
(c) She jumps to her death out of her apartment window.
(d) She offers to tell everything she knows in exchange for John's life.

2. What, according to Rand, is worse than taking someone's life?
(a) Taking someone's life's work.
(b) Working only for the joy of creation and invention.
(c) Refusing to help the poor.
(d) Having an affair with a married person.

3. How do the police finally locate John Galt?
(a) They follow Dagny who leads them to her.
(b) They announce that they are holding Dagny hostage.
(c) Eddie Willers accidentally calls him by name at work.
(d) They put a trace on his radio broadcasts.

4. What happens to all the South American d'Anconia Copper Mines immediately after they are nationalized by the various governments?
(a) The US government realizes it will now have to pay more for copper.
(b) The mines all prove to be worthless and used up.
(c) The price of copper jumps to an all time high.
(d) The are blown up and the top management disappears.

5. What is the coincidence of Dagny stopping the conductor from throwing a vagrant off the train she is taking to see Quentin Daniels?
(a) He turned out to be John Galt.
(b) He could finish the work Quentin Daniels had started.
(c) He knew how to operate a train.
(d) The man, Jeff Allen, once worked at Twentieth Century Motors.

6. What becomes of James Taggart?
(a) He gets sick and runs out of the room.
(b) He realizes that he has been wrong all of his life.
(c) He has a chage of heart and rushes to release Galt.
(d) He is reduced to base hate and eventually collapses and dies.

7. How does James Taggart retain his position as President of Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) His firing of Dagny.
(b) His marriage to Cherryl which shows he is for the people.
(c) He pays exhorbitant bribes.
(d) He joins the influence peddlers from Washington.

8. After Francisco leaves her apartment, what does Dagny finally admit to Rearden?
(a) That Francisco was her first lover.
(b) That he needed to go back to Lillian.
(c) That she could no longer see him.
(d) That she was returning to Taggart Transcontinental.

9. Why does the siege represent a "Concerto of Deliverance"?
(a) It marks Hanks deliverance from Lillian and Phillip.
(b) It marks the final movement when Francisco can tell everyting to Hank Rearden.
(c) After this, Rearden will regain control of his business.
(d) It suggest the theme of delivering Rearden Steel to the workers.

10. What is the name of the regulation that effectively kills all creativity in business?
(a) Directive 10-289
(b) The Transcontinental Act
(c) The Patents and Copyrights Act
(d) The Business Licensing Act

11. After Hank Rearden disappears, what special favor is granted Dagny by the citizens of "Atlantis"?
(a) They tell her where she can find John Galt.
(b) They allow her to tell everyone where Hank has gone.
(c) They allow her to receive a message from Hank.
(d) They give her another invitation to join them.

12. Who is the handsome blond man Dagny meets on her first morning in the valley?
(a) Richard Halley
(b) John Galt's brother
(c) Ragnar Danneskjtzld
(d) Sebastian d'Anconia

13. Ultimately, what is the only light remaining on the earth outside of Atlantis?
(a) A lighthouse beacon.
(b) The light of the east bound Comet.
(c) Wyatt's Torch
(d) The lights of New York City.

14. What causes Dagny to return to Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) News of the tunnel wreck.
(b) James' telephone call.
(c) Her boredom.
(d) Her disgust with Francisco.

15. What crisis brings Rearden before the Unification Board?
(a) The need for Rearden Metal to decrease its production.
(b) The steel workers strike demanding higher wages.
(c) Rearden's refusal to make steel.
(d) A plan to return Rearden Metal to Hank.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rand make a strong argument against incompetence?

2. What is the contrast between Dagny's response to the socialistic society and Cherryl's?

3. What promise does Dagny make before she returns to the outside world?

4. while John Galt is being held in a plush hotel suite, what is happening in the country?

5. What is the last thing passengers see on Kip Chalmers' train as they enter the tunnel?

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