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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 happens to all the South American d'Anconia Copper Mines immediately after they are nationalized by the various governments?
(a) The are blown up and the top management disappears.
(b) The US government realizes it will now have to pay more for copper.
(c) The mines all prove to be worthless and used up.
(d) The price of copper jumps to an all time high.

2. What is Hank's reaction when he discovers Francisco in Dagny's apartment?
(a) He is afraid that Francisco will discover their affair.
(b) He thinks Francisco is the destroyer.
(c) He slaps Francisco.
(d) He is happy because he loves both of them.

3. On a radio program what does Dagny say that causes the program to go suddenly off the air?
(a) She says that Lillian was having an affair with Wesley Mouch.
(b) She says that Business Unification was responsible for blowing up Wyatt oil fields.
(c) She tells how government blackmail over her affair with Hank caused him to sign over Rearden Metal.
(d) She says that Hank's signature on the gift of Rearden Metal was forged.

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

5. What does Danneskjtzld leave behind when he disappears into the darkness?
(a) His calling card
(b) The number to a bank account
(c) A bar of gold
(d) Another gun for Hank to carry

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes of James Taggart?

2. Why are there only half enough freight cars to ship the Minnesota wheat crop to the East coast?

3. How does Dagny let it be known that she is back after her plane crashed?

4. Why does James Taggart insist that Rearden will always produce, even if he doesn't like the conditions?

5. What is the music heard in the valley as the industrial "strikers" arrive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the fact that Dagny refuses to take money from John Galt unless she works for it.

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

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

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

6. Explain the significance of the $ sign on the cigarettes.

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

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

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

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

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