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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 promise does Dagny make before she returns to the outside world?
(a) She will return within one month.
(b) She will destroy the railroad before she returns.
(c) She will not reveal anything about it or try to find it again.
(d) She will bring back Hank when she returns.

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

3. How much will it cost Dagny to repair her airplane?
(a) Nothing, they do everything there for free
(b) $10,000.00 in US dollars
(c) $200.00 in gold
(d) The plane cannot be repaired

4. What, according to Rand, is worse than taking someone's life?
(a) Refusing to help the poor.
(b) Taking someone's life's work.
(c) Working only for the joy of creation and invention.
(d) Having an affair with a married person.

5. Why does Lillian come to see James Taggart?
(a) Lillian wants to find out more dirt on Dagny.
(b) Lillian wants to get rid of Cherryl because she is so common.
(c) She thinks he is powerful enough to stop Hank from divorcing her.
(d) She thinks he is a handsome, desirable man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dagny deal with the failure of communications on the Taggart Transcontinental when copper wire breaks and cannot be quickly replaced?

2. 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"?

3. Who flies over the valley looking for Dagny but cannot see the community below?

4. What does James Taggart say that indicates he realizes the seriousness of the situation with the Unification Board?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Dagny finally take the oath of the followers of John Galt?

2. Eddie Willers is left alone with the last train broken down in the desert. How does Rand portray the result of the communist rule?

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

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

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

6. What happens in the valley that indicates that Dagny is not yet ready to drop out and join everyone there?

7. Discuss the events as Stadler finds them at Project X.

8. Describe the invitation John Galt gives before he leaves the air.

9. After they capture John Galt, explain why his life is not in immediate danger.

10. Describe how differently Dagny and Cherryl work to get out of an unacceptable situation.

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