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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was John Galt's connection to Twentieth Century Motors?
(a) He is Quentin Daniel's father.
(b) He once owned that factory.
(c) He was the young engineer building the revolutionary motor.
(d) He once owned the company.

3. What literary device does Rand use to show the end of Eddie's dream of one day marrying Dagny.
(a) The metaphor of putting out his cigarette.
(b) The metaphor of her door closing behind her.
(c) The metaphor of darkness falling over the city.
(d) The metaphor of watching as her train leaves in the darkness.

4. What will be the only way Dagny can return to the valley?
(a) John Galt, her last key before the door closes forever.
(b) She will have to crash her plane again.
(c) James Taggart will have to be eliminated.
(d) She can return only if Hank decides to come with her.

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

6. 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 convincing him it is the right thing to do.
(d) By promising him that he can continue to run the company.

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

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) Production on everything increases.
(c) People now have more money to spend.
(d) More businesses and executives disapear.

9. How does James Taggart demonstrate his disdain for money?
(a) He buys Cherryl an improbably large diamond.
(b) He burns his money in the fireplace.
(c) He gives a hundred dollar bill to a beggar.
(d) He gives his money to Lillian.

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

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

12. What crisis brings Rearden before the Unification Board?
(a) Rearden's refusal to make steel.
(b) The need for Rearden Metal to decrease its production.
(c) The steel workers strike demanding higher wages.
(d) A plan to return Rearden Metal to Hank.

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

14. Hank realizes that their affair is over. What ended it?
(a) Dagny is infatuated with Ragnar Danneskjtzld.
(b) Dagny wants to return to Francisco now that she understands him.
(c) Dagny has fallen in love with John Galt.
(d) Dagny can no longer let Hank cheat on Lillian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. Dagny wants to build a narrow gauge railroad in the valley and then changes her mind. Why?

3. What becomes of James Taggart?

4. What is the symbolism of the explosion in the Colorado tunnel?

5. What is the coincidence of Dagny stopping the conductor from throwing a vagrant off the train she is taking to see Quentin Daniels?

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