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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to all the South American d'Anconia Copper Mines immediately after they are nationalized by the various governments?
(a) The are blown up and the top management disappears.
(b) The price of copper jumps to an all time high.
(c) The mines all prove to be worthless and used up.
(d) The US government realizes it will now have to pay more for copper.

2. On a radio program what does Dagny say that causes the program to go suddenly off the air?
(a) She says that Hank's signature on the gift of Rearden Metal was forged.
(b) She says that Business Unification was responsible for blowing up Wyatt oil fields.
(c) She tells how government blackmail over her affair with Hank caused him to sign over Rearden Metal.
(d) She says that Lillian was having an affair with Wesley Mouch.

3. As they were flying away with John Galt, why did Galt tell Dagny not to look down?
(a) He thought she might get air sick after all the excitement.
(b) He didn't want her to change her mind and go back.
(c) He knew the way New York drew people to the city.
(d) New York city disappeared from the face of the earth.

4. What causes Dagny to return to Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) News of the tunnel wreck.
(b) Her boredom.
(c) Her disgust with Francisco.
(d) James' telephone call.

5. How is the secret of their location kept from the outside world?
(a) A sonic distrubance
(b) It is actually underground
(c) An artificial storm cloud
(d) A refractor ray

6. What does Danneskjtzld leave behind when he disappears into the darkness?
(a) His calling card
(b) Another gun for Hank to carry
(c) A bar of gold
(d) The number to a bank account

7. What does Dagny's insistence on working as housemaid for John Galt say about her.
(a) It shows that she has little self-esteem.
(b) It indicates that she wants to escape the valley.
(c) It describes her work ethic.
(d) It is a ploy to keep them from sending her away.

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

9. How does John Galt mock the government men when the power goes out at the State Science Institute while he is still strapped to Project F?
(a) He starts telling bad jokes.
(b) He reminds them that he is still alive.
(c) He starts telling the technician how to repair the generator.
(d) He loosens his straps and stands up.

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

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

12. 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 be his Vice-President.
(c) He wants Galt to tell him how to fix the economy.
(d) He wants Galt to leave thecountry and never return.

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

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

15. Why does James Taggart insist that Rearden will always produce, even if he doesn't like the conditions?
(a) Because he would be bored if he did nothing.
(b) Because he always caves in.
(c) Because producing is in his blood.
(d) Because he will want to keep on helping Dagny.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Hank Rearden disappears, what special favor is granted Dagny by the citizens of "Atlantis"?

2. How does Dagny now realize that the government had used her, Rearden, and other industrialists?

3. What is the doctrine Galt says is used to keep otherwise rational people in line?

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

5. Why does the siege represent a "Concerto of Deliverance"?

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