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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 comes to after her plane crashes in the Colorado mountains, who is the first person she sees?
(a) Quentin Daniels
(b) Francisco d'Anconia
(c) Hank Rearden
(d) John Galt

2. How does Rand use the history of Twentieth Century Motors to define communism?
(a) Plants under government controll never fail.
(b) When everyone had everything in common, the plant flourished.
(c) When capitalism ceases to be, everyone is happier.
(d) When all motivation was taken away, no one wanted to work.

3. After Rearden is knocked unconscious and comes to, who does he discover were helping to fight off the siege?
(a) Frank Adams and Francisco d'Anconia
(b) Jim Taggart and Wesley Mouch
(c) Phillip Rearden and Orren boyle
(d) John Galt and Ragnar Danneskjtzld

4. How does Dagny let it be known that she is back after her plane crashed?
(a) She notifies the press in Nebraska.
(b) She takes out an ad in the New York papers.
(c) She fakes a plane crash in Nebraska.
(d) She goes on the radio to announce that she is all right.

5. What is the significance of John Galt's transmitter that can block anything the government has?
(a) It shows that John Galt is ready to cooperate with the government.
(b) It symbolizes the superiority of industry over communistic ideas.
(c) It symbolizes how it is easy to force other people to think in a certain way.
(d) It symbolizes the guns Galt and his people will use against the society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to a radio broadcast planned for the Head of State?

2. How does John Galt mock the government men when the power goes out at the State Science Institute while he is still strapped to Project F?

3. Who is the owner of the valley?

4. When Dagny, Hank, Francisco and Ragnar storm the Project F building, what indicates that Ragnar's reputation has preceded him?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe some of the regulations under Directive 10-289.

4. Dagny sees the wheels of her railroad cars as being symbolic of something she and Hank continue to fight for. Explain.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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