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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the east bound Comet stalls in the desert, how are the passengers taken away?
(a) On a produce truck.
(b) On foot.
(c) On a horse drawn wagon.
(d) On buses.

2. What is the irony of Dr. Robert Stadler's death?
(a) He was killed trying to save the world.
(b) He was killed in the place he had run to for safety.
(c) He went bravely to his death still believing he was right.
(d) He had always protected John Galt from men like Meigs.

3. What is happening to trains everywhere in the nation?
(a) They run out of coal.
(b) They all derail.
(c) They stop running because of fear after the tunnel wreck.
(d) They are abandoned and the crews vanish.

4. What does Galt suggest Thompson do if he is sincere about economic reform?
(a) Raise taxes and close all non-essential businesses.
(b) Set up a commission to regulate the flow of money.
(c) Abolish income taxes and fire all government employees.
(d) Divide all the money in the country evenly between all adults.

5. How does James Taggart demonstrate his disdain for money?
(a) He gives his money to Lillian.
(b) He gives a hundred dollar bill to a beggar.
(c) He burns his money in the fireplace.
(d) He buys Cherryl an improbably large diamond.

6. when Dagny comes to after her plane crashes in the Colorado mountains, who is the first person she sees?
(a) Francisco d'Anconia
(b) John Galt
(c) Hank Rearden
(d) Quentin Daniels

7. How does Dagny locate John Galt?
(a) She tells a foreman to bring him to her.
(b) She whistles Halley's Fifth Concerto and he answers her.
(c) She finds his name and address on her payroll account.
(d) She gets help from the police.

8. How does Hank protect Danneskjtzld when the police arrive?
(a) He pulls a gun on the police and chases them off.
(b) He pretends to shoot Danneskjtzld who plays dead.
(c) He tells the police that Danneskjtzld is his new bodyguard.
(d) He tells the police that Danneskjtzld is James Taggart in disguise.

9. What promise does Dagny make before she returns to the outside world?
(a) She will destroy the railroad before she returns.
(b) She will return within one month.
(c) She will bring back Hank when she returns.
(d) She will not reveal anything about it or try to find it again.

10. Who flies over the valley looking for Dagny but cannot see the community below?
(a) Phillip Rearden
(b) Jim Taggart
(c) Hank Rearden
(d) Eddie Willers

11. John Galt is strapped naked to a table with electrodes attached to various parts of his body. What does that symbolize?
(a) The impotence of the state and the power of the individual
(b) The inadequacies of John Galt's beliefs
(c) The ultimate victory of the state
(d) The power of the state and the vulnerability of the individual

12. What is Hank's reaction when he discovers Francisco in Dagny's apartment?
(a) He slaps Francisco.
(b) He is happy because he loves both of them.
(c) He is afraid that Francisco will discover their affair.
(d) He thinks Francisco is the destroyer.

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

14. Why does Lillian come to see James Taggart?
(a) She thinks he is a handsome, desirable man.
(b) Lillian wants to find out more dirt on Dagny.
(c) She thinks he is powerful enough to stop Hank from divorcing her.
(d) Lillian wants to get rid of Cherryl because she is so common.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dagny's insistence on working as housemaid for John Galt say about her.

2. Who is playing the piano at John Galt's house?

3. What is the obvious symbolism of the Project X machine that is so destructive.

4. What literary device does Rand use to show the end of Eddie's dream of one day marrying Dagny.

5. What is the symbolism of the explosion in the Colorado tunnel?

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