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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dagny wants to build a narrow gauge railroad in the valley and then changes her mind. Why?
(a) She can't do it without Rearden Metal.
(b) The idea is ridiculous because it would serve no purpose.
(c) She is not an engineer.
(d) It will keep her from returning to Taggart Transcontinental.

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

3. Why does the siege represent a "Concerto of Deliverance"?
(a) After this, Rearden will regain control of his business.
(b) It suggest the theme of delivering Rearden Steel to the workers.
(c) It marks the final movement when Francisco can tell everyting to Hank Rearden.
(d) It marks Hanks deliverance from Lillian and Phillip.

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

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

6. How is Project X, a weapon of mass murder, define Rand's view of communism?
(a) It takes away material things and destroys the world that capitalism has built.
(b) It shows how powerful communism is and there is no way to defeat it.
(c) It shows that absolute power is good for the people in general.
(d) It defines the limits of a Cold War.

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

8. Why are there only half enough freight cars to ship the Minnesota wheat crop to the East coast?
(a) Meigs has sent the other 7,000 cars to pick up swamp soybeans in Louisiana.
(b) The wheat crop is not really important because there is enough wheat in the East already.
(c) All the other cars have fallen apart.
(d) Many of the freight cars have been converted into passenger cars.

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

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

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

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

13. What is Rand's symbol of the ultimate destruction of socialism?
(a) The decision to use Project F on John Galt to get him to cooperate.
(b) The failure of John Galt to escape.
(c) Dagny giving in to all demands in order to save John Galt.
(d) The devastating destruction of Project X and areas of four states around it.

14. How did Hank know that their affair was over before Dagny told him.
(a) During the radio show she had only used past tense.
(b) He heard something different in her voice on the radio.
(c) Francisco sent him a telegram.
(d) John Galt came and told him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening to trains everywhere in the nation?

2. The Unification Board is now in complete control and more regulations are passed. What is the result?

3. What, according to Rand, is worse than taking someone's life?

4. What happens to all the South American d'Anconia Copper Mines immediately after they are nationalized by the various governments?

5. What has happened to Dagny during the time that John Galt was recaptured and taken away?

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