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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. Hank realizes that their affair is over. What ended it?
(a) Dagny has fallen in love with John Galt.
(b) Dagny can no longer let Hank cheat on Lillian.
(c) Dagny wants to return to Francisco now that she understands him.
(d) Dagny is infatuated with Ragnar Danneskjtzld.

2. 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

3. What literary device does Rand use to show the end of Eddie's dream of one day marrying Dagny.
(a) The metaphor of putting out his cigarette.
(b) The metaphor of darkness falling over the city.
(c) The metaphor of watching as her train leaves in the darkness.
(d) The metaphor of her door closing behind her.

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

5. What is the irony of Dr. Robert Stadler's death?
(a) He had always protected John Galt from men like Meigs.
(b) He was killed in the place he had run to for safety.
(c) He went bravely to his death still believing he was right.
(d) He was killed trying to save the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ultimately, what is the only light remaining on the earth outside of Atlantis?

2. On a radio program what does Dagny say that causes the program to go suddenly off the air?

3. Who is the handsome blond man Dagny meets on her first morning in the valley?

4. What is the name of the regulation that effectively kills all creativity in business?

5. How does James Taggart retain his position as President of Taggart Transcontinental?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the first meeting between Hank Rearden and Ragnar Danneskjtzld.

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

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

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

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

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

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