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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the music heard in the valley as the industrial "strikers" arrive?
(a) Beethoven's Ode to Joy
(b) Look for the Silver Lining
(c) Halley's Fifth Piano Concerto
(d) Tomorrow Is Another Day

4. What revelation does Eddie Willers get when he hears the radio broadcast?
(a) He realizes that Dagny has been wrong all the time.
(b) He suddenly knows who his friend in the cafeteria was.
(c) He understands why he will marry Dagny.
(d) He discovers that James Taggart has been leading a double life.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. How does Galt remove suspicion from Dagny at his capture?
(a) He calls her a government stooge.
(b) He knocks her unconscious.
(c) He pulls a gun on her and tells the police she is his hostage.
(d) He pushes her out the back door before he lets the police in.

12. What causes Dagny to resign from Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) Directive 10-289
(b) The closing of the John Galt Line
(c) Francisco's telephone call
(d) Eddie's resignation

13. 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.

14. What conflict does Rand set up within the character of Dagny Taggart?
(a) Her belief that she is actually living in a dream.
(b) Her discomfort at being where Francisco is.
(c) To stay in the valley or return to find satisfaction in work that saves the railroad.
(d) Her fear that Hank will not follow her there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hank know that their affair was over before Dagny told him.

2. How does Dagny deal with the failure of communications on the Taggart Transcontinental when copper wire breaks and cannot be quickly replaced?

3. John Galt is strapped naked to a table with electrodes attached to various parts of his body. What does that symbolize?

4. Why does Lillian come to see James Taggart?

5. Why are there only half enough freight cars to ship the Minnesota wheat crop to the East coast?

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