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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Cherryl changed from the dime store clerk James married?
(a) She is no longer innocent but plays the part of a shop girl to fool society.
(b) she has learned how to get more and more money out of James.
(c) She has even less of an idea about things than she did when they married.
(d) Now she has risen in poise and social stature.

2. At the end of the novel, what is Eddie Willers left with?
(a) He is now the President of Taggart Transcontinental.
(b) He has only Dagny's gold cigarette case.
(c) He has lost everyting including his hope of marrying Dagny.
(d) He is left with the responsibility to chronicle everything that has happened.

3. What is the significance of John Galt's transmitter that can block anything the government has?
(a) It symbolizes the superiority of industry over communistic ideas.
(b) It symbolizes the guns Galt and his people will use against the society.
(c) It symbolizes how it is easy to force other people to think in a certain way.
(d) It shows that John Galt is ready to cooperate with the government.

4. 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 gets help from the police.
(d) She finds his name and address on her payroll account.

5. How does Dr. Ferris get Hank Rearden to sign over Rearden Metal to the government?
(a) By threatening to expose his affair with Dagny.
(b) By holding Lillian hostage.
(c) By promising him that he can continue to run the company.
(d) By convincing him it is the right thing to do.

6. How does Rand use the history of Twentieth Century Motors to define communism?
(a) When everyone had everything in common, the plant flourished.
(b) When capitalism ceases to be, everyone is happier.
(c) Plants under government controll never fail.
(d) When all motivation was taken away, no one wanted to work.

7. What is the obvious symbolism of the Project X machine that is so destructive.
(a) The atomic bomb.
(b) The need for greater and greater weapons.
(c) The noise of a rock concert.
(d) The power of industrialists to destroy the world.

8. What is the contrast between Dagny's response to the socialistic society and Cherryl's?
(a) Cherryl understands everything, but Dagny is confused.
(b) Dagny gives up but Cherryl makes James Taggart suffer.
(c) Cherryl resigns herself to poverty but Dagny finds ways of making more money.
(d) Dagny fights, but Cherryl commits suicide.

9. What does the Head of State Thompson want from Galt?
(a) He wants Galt to tell him how to fix the economy.
(b) He wants Galt to be his Vice-President.
(c) He wants Galt to give the government his radio technology.
(d) He wants Galt to leave thecountry and never return.

10. Who is playing the piano at John Galt's house?
(a) Francisco
(b) Halley himself
(c) Hugh Akston
(d) Dr. Hendricks

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

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

13. The Unification Board is now in complete control and more regulations are passed. What is the result?
(a) Production on everything increases.
(b) The government refuses to nationalize businesses to save jobs.
(c) People now have more money to spend.
(d) More businesses and executives disapear.

14. How much will it cost Dagny to repair her airplane?
(a) $10,000.00 in US dollars
(b) Nothing, they do everything there for free
(c) $200.00 in gold
(d) The plane cannot be repaired

15. Where does Hank finally meet up with Danneskjtzld?
(a) At his apartment in the city.
(b) On his walk at night.
(c) In Dagny's cabin.
(d) In the ruins of Rearden Metal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hank find when he returns to Rearden Metal plant?

2. What is the music heard in the valley as the industrial "strikers" arrive?

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

4. How is Project X, a weapon of mass murder, define Rand's view of communism?

5. How does Galt remove suspicion from Dagny at his capture?

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