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

2. What does James Taggart say that indicates he realizes the seriousness of the situation with the Unification Board?
(a) The government is going to have to print more money.
(b) The new regulations are working and we'll all be rich.
(c) If we are to perish, let's make sure that we all perish together.
(d) We'll soon have a monopoly on everything.

3. Ultimately, what is the only light remaining on the earth outside of Atlantis?
(a) The light of the east bound Comet.
(b) The lights of New York City.
(c) A lighthouse beacon.
(d) Wyatt's Torch

4. What happens to a radio broadcast planned for the Head of State?
(a) John Galt jams their broadcast so that the air is completely dead.
(b) John Galt takes over the broadcast to tell the world what has happened to the disappeared thinkers and producers.
(c) The radio broadcast explains why everything is happening for the good of the people.
(d) Dagny agrees to be a part of the broadcast.

5. What crisis brings Rearden before the Unification Board?
(a) Rearden's refusal to make steel.
(b) The steel workers strike demanding higher wages.
(c) A plan to return Rearden Metal to Hank.
(d) The need for Rearden Metal to decrease its production.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hank realizes that their affair is over. What ended it?

2. What is the significance of John Galt's transmitter that can block anything the government has?

3. How does Galt remove suspicion from Dagny at his capture?

4. What causes Dagny to return to Taggart Transcontinental?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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