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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ayn Rand's objection to majority rule as put forth by the National Alliance of Railroads?
(a) It puts decision making in the hands of uneducted people.
(b) It can be used to stifle competition, capitalism, and individualism.
(c) It is not a true socialist idea.
(d) It does not go far enough to protect everyone.

2. Why does Dagny take a leave of absence from her job as Vice President of Operations at Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) To find Francisco and marry him.
(b) To try and localte John Galt.
(c) To get away to Europe for a vacation.
(d) To supervise and finish the John Galt Line.

3. What strange exchange occurs between Dagny and Lillian at he party?
(a) They exchange phone numbers so they can meet in New York.
(b) They exchange drinks bacuse Dagny doesn't drink alcohol.
(c) They exchange the names of their dress designers.
(d) They exchange bracelets, the Rearden Metal bracelet for Dagny's diamond bracelet.

4. Why is James Taggart marrying Cherryl Brooks, the dime store clerk?
(a) To show that he helps the underpriviliged
(b) To find real happiness
(c) To prove that communism will not work
(d) To make an honest woman out of her because he got her pregnant

5. How does the government plan to conserve copper and electricity?
(a) Using zinc and wind power.
(b) Limiting elevators from going higher than the 25th floor of a building.
(c) Melting down pennies and ordering blackouts.
(d) Recalling all the copper shipped before d'Anconia ships were sunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rearden say the government needed to win against him.

2. What is Rearden's suggestion to Dagny about giving in to the state?

3. What is Dagny's reply to Cherryl's comment that she is "the woman in the Taggart family"?

4. Why does Phillip want cash instead of a check for Rearden's contribution to Friends of Global Progress?

5. What does Rearden sell off after the bill banning people from owning multiple businesses is passed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Dagny sees Hank Rearden as a "man who belongs on earth." Explain why.

2. Lillian demands the Rearden Metal bracelet back and threatens to tell everyone that Dagny is sleeping with her husband. What is the irony of that situation?

3. Describe the meaning and the purpose of "white blackmail."

4. How does the Twentieth Century Motor Company demonstrate the results of the communistic idea of "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need"?

5. Describe how the chain is viewed by Henry Rearden, Lillian Rearden, and Dagny Taggart. Explain its significance to the story.

6. Why is the idea of "motive" so important in the novel? Explain in detail.

7. Write a few paragraphs on why Hank Rearden does not mind supporting his idle family but refuses to give Phillip a job he is not qualified to handle.

8. The "Immovable Movers" in Rand's novel are the industrialists like Dagny and Rearden who produce because it is in their blood to do so. They produce for the joy of accomplishment and thus provide for the society as a whole. Rand compares them to the mythical Greek god Atlas who purportedly holds up the world on his shoulders. Explain her conclusions.

9. When Cherryl confronts Dagny and says that she is now Mrs. Taggart, the woman of the family, Dagny replies, "That's quite all right. I'm the man." Explain what she means by that comment.

10. Using the example of the Anti-Dog-Eat-Dog rule, explain in a few paragraphs how eliminating competition by legislation destroys productivity.

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