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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. When Dagny, Hank, Francisco and Ragnar storm the Project F building, what indicates that Ragnar's reputation has preceded him?
(a) The guards recognize him from newspaper photos.
(b) The guards are not afraid of the others even though they have guns.
(c) When he gives them his name, the guards moan.
(d) The guards all want his autograph when they find out who he is.

2. How does Rand make it clear that Eddie's mysterious cafeteria friend is the illusive John Galt?
(a) Eddie comes right out and asks him.
(b) He never has to ask.
(c) The cigarette butts with the $ sign in the ashtray.
(d) He admits it to Eddie but swears him to secrecy.

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

4. What causes Dagny to return to Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) Her disgust with Francisco.
(b) Her boredom.
(c) James' telephone call.
(d) News of the tunnel wreck.

5. What is the obvious symbolism of the Project X machine that is so destructive.
(a) The noise of a rock concert.
(b) The atomic bomb.
(c) The power of industrialists to destroy the world.
(d) The need for greater and greater weapons.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. while John Galt is being held in a plush hotel suite, what is happening in the country?

3. John Galt is strapped naked to a table with electrodes attached to various parts of his body. What does that symbolize?

4. What promise does Dagny make before she returns to the outside world?

5. What does Galt suggest Thompson do if he is sincere about economic reform?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. As they take their leave, the city of New York disappears as they fly over. Explain the significance of that.

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. After her return, Dagny is invited to speak on national radio. Describe her appearance on the show.

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

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

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

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

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

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