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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. How do the police finally locate John Galt?
(a) They announce that they are holding Dagny hostage.
(b) They put a trace on his radio broadcasts.
(c) Eddie Willers accidentally calls him by name at work.
(d) They follow Dagny who leads them to her.

3. 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?
(a) He starts telling bad jokes.
(b) He starts telling the technician how to repair the generator.
(c) He reminds them that he is still alive.
(d) He loosens his straps and stands up.

4. How does James Taggart retain his position as President of Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) His marriage to Cherryl which shows he is for the people.
(b) His firing of Dagny.
(c) He joins the influence peddlers from Washington.
(d) He pays exhorbitant bribes.

5. John Galt is strapped naked to a table with electrodes attached to various parts of his body. What does that symbolize?
(a) The power of the state and the vulnerability of the individual
(b) The impotence of the state and the power of the individual
(c) The inadequacies of John Galt's beliefs
(d) The ultimate victory of the state

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Dagny to resign from Taggart Transcontinental?

2. When Dagny is held up by the stopped train, how does she continue her way to Colorado?

3. Who is the owner of the valley?

4. How much will it cost Dagny to repair her airplane?

5. Who does Dagny discover is working for her as a common laborer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. As the world economy crumbles, describe the condition of Hank's family.

4. Discuss Francisco's parting message to the world before he, too, disappears.

5. After her plane crash, Dagny wakes up in the valley that Rand compares to Atlantis, a lost continent. What does she then realize?

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

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

8. Dagny sees the wheels of her railroad cars as being symbolic of something she and Hank continue to fight for. Explain.

9. Summarize the message John Galt gives to the people when he takes control of the radio frequency.

10. Describe Dagny's reaction when Danagger says to her, "Well, done, Dagny."

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