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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In being true to herself, Dagny still does not get what Francisco has been trying to tell her. What analogy does Francisco make that Dagny misses?
(a) He compares Dagny to the Unification Board.
(b) He compares her now to the time she waited outside Dannager's office.
(c) He says everyone must travel the same road to Atlantis.
(d) He suggests that the faceless men will take over.

2. When Kellogg gives Dagny a cigarette marked with the $ sign, why does he give her an entire pack of the cigarettes?
(a) Because she doesn't ask him anything about the cigarettes.
(b) Because he says she's earned it.
(c) Because she thinks they are very pretty.
(d) Because she forgot her cigarettes in New York.

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

4. What does Hank find when he returns to Rearden Metal plant?
(a) Phillip is there trying to run the company.
(b) All is quite.
(c) It is in a stage of siege.
(d) The Wet Nurse is there waiting for him.

5. What is Rand's symbol of the ultimate destruction of socialism?
(a) The devastating destruction of Project X and areas of four states around it.
(b) The failure of John Galt to escape.
(c) The decision to use Project F on John Galt to get him to cooperate.
(d) Dagny giving in to all demands in order to save John Galt.

6. What is the last thing passengers see on Kip Chalmers' train as they enter the tunnel?
(a) Wyatt's Torch
(b) The blue Rearden Metal rails
(c) The wreck of another train
(d) Dagny standing by the tracks

7. How does Dagny let it be known that she is back after her plane crashed?
(a) She takes out an ad in the New York papers.
(b) She goes on the radio to announce that she is all right.
(c) She notifies the press in Nebraska.
(d) She fakes a plane crash in Nebraska.

8. while John Galt is being held in a plush hotel suite, what is happening in the country?
(a) The people who had disappeared return to help Galt.
(b) More businesses are closing and more great minds are disappearing.
(c) Everything comes to a standstill while they wait for Galt's economic plan.
(d) The people in Atlantis decide to assassinate Galt before he tells everything.

9. Dagny wants to build a narrow gauge railroad in the valley and then changes her mind. Why?
(a) The idea is ridiculous because it would serve no purpose.
(b) She is not an engineer.
(c) It will keep her from returning to Taggart Transcontinental.
(d) She can't do it without Rearden Metal.

10. Who comes to visit the dejected Dagny at her cabin near Woodstock?
(a) Francisco
(b) James
(c) Hank
(d) Eddie

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

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

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

14. 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.

15. How did Hank know that their affair was over before Dagny told him.
(a) John Galt came and told him.
(b) Francisco sent him a telegram.
(c) During the radio show she had only used past tense.
(d) He heard something different in her voice on the radio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hank finally meet up with Danneskjtzld?

2. What was John Galt's connection to Twentieth Century Motors?

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

4. Ultimately, what is the only light remaining on the earth outside of Atlantis?

5. What causes Dagny to resign from Taggart Transcontinental?

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