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

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

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

4. How does Galt remove suspicion from Dagny at his capture?
(a) He pulls a gun on her and tells the police she is his hostage.
(b) He calls her a government stooge.
(c) He pushes her out the back door before he lets the police in.
(d) He knocks her unconscious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cherryl go to visit Dagny?

2. When the east bound Comet stalls in the desert, how are the passengers taken away?

3. What literary device does Rand use to show the end of Eddie's dream of one day marrying Dagny.

4. How does Rand use the history of Twentieth Century Motors to define communism?

5. When Kellogg gives Dagny a cigarette marked with the $ sign, why does he give her an entire pack of the cigarettes?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Francisco comes to visit Dagny in the cabin near Woodstock, what idea does she have about the disappearance of so many business people?

2. As the Cuffy Meigs of the world gain control and the country is rapidly deteriorating, how does James Taggart view his personal situation?

3. How does Rand now make it plain that Eddie Willer's cafeteria friend has been using him to spy on Dagny?

4. Discuss the implication of Project X as it relates to the communist society that builds it.

5. Describe the revelation Dagny gets from the vagrant worker she invited to dinner on the train.

6. How does Dr. Ferris get Hank Rearden to sign over Rearden Metal to the government?

7. Describe the meeting between John Galt and Dr. Stadler.

8. Describe some of the regulations under Directive 10-289.

9. What kind of assurance does Francisco try to give Dagny when he visits her in her apartment?

10. What dramatic change takes place in the character of Cherryl Taggart? Explain.

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