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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 promise does Dagny make before she returns to the outside world?
(a) She will not reveal anything about it or try to find it again.
(b) She will return within one month.
(c) She will destroy the railroad before she returns.
(d) She will bring back Hank when she returns.

2. How does Galt remove suspicion from Dagny at his capture?
(a) He calls her a government stooge.
(b) He knocks her unconscious.
(c) He pushes her out the back door before he lets the police in.
(d) He pulls a gun on her and tells the police she is his hostage.

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

4. How did Hank know that their affair was over before Dagny told him.
(a) Francisco sent him a telegram.
(b) John Galt came and told him.
(c) He heard something different in her voice on the radio.
(d) During the radio show she had only used past tense.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Dagny to resign from Taggart Transcontinental?

2. How do the police finally locate John Galt?

3. What conflict does Rand set up within the character of Dagny Taggart?

4. when Dagny comes to after her plane crashes in the Colorado mountains, who is the first person she sees?

5. How does Hank protect Danneskjtzld when the police arrive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Washington politician Kip Chalmers insists that the stalled Comet go on through a dangerous tunnel because he has a speaking appointment in San Francisco.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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