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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dagny deal with the failure of communications on the Taggart Transcontinental when copper wire breaks and cannot be quickly replaced?
(a) She turns the problem over to Cuffy Meigs.
(b) She reverts to manual switching and lantern signals.
(c) She stops all trains until the lines can be repaired.
(d) She goes to James to find out what to do.

2. The communistic government wanted people to sacrifice their minds and products for the good of society. How is John Galt more honorable?
(a) Galt is willing to sacrifice his life for the good of society.
(b) He does not believe sacrifice is necessary.
(c) He thinks if people are allowed to create, they don't care about money.
(d) He believes the disappearing executives are wrong.

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

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

5. How has Cherryl changed from the dime store clerk James married?
(a) Now she has risen in poise and social stature.
(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) She is no longer innocent but plays the part of a shop girl to fool society.

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

7. Why does Cherryl go to visit Dagny?
(a) To apologize for what she said on her wedding day.
(b) To borrow money so she can leave James.
(c) To accuse her of destroying James.
(d) To ask if she can stay there for the night.

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

9. What does Dagny now realize about Francisco?
(a) That he lost his bets on industrialization.
(b) That he is John Galt.
(c) That he was the first industrialist to quit.
(d) That he never liked running the copper mines.

10. How does Dagny now realize that the government had used her, Rearden, and other industrialists?
(a) By their helplessness.
(b) By their greed.
(c) By their stupidity.
(d) By their love of work and producing.

11. After Rearden is knocked unconscious and comes to, who does he discover were helping to fight off the siege?
(a) Frank Adams and Francisco d'Anconia
(b) Jim Taggart and Wesley Mouch
(c) Phillip Rearden and Orren boyle
(d) John Galt and Ragnar Danneskjtzld

12. In the former hotel suite of Francisco d'Anconia, what is the subtle meaning of that location when Rearden meets Mouch and the "Washington boys"?
(a) It demonstrates the equality of the bosses and the people.
(b) It shames Rearden because he can no longer afford such luxury.
(c) It shows high regard for Francisco and all he stands for.
(d) In a socialist society, those in power do not give up luxuries.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Dagny to resign from Taggart Transcontinental?

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

3. How does James Taggart retain his position as President of Taggart Transcontinental?

4. What is Rand's symbol of the ultimate destruction of socialism?

5. As they were flying away with John Galt, why did Galt tell Dagny not to look down?

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