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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Taggart board and the Washington influence peddlers meet, what is the irony of their meeting place?

2. How old was Francisco when he took over d'Anconia Copper Mines?

3. What does "the chain" represent to Henry Rearden?

4. Why are the guests at the party so eager to discuss the capture of Ragnar Danneskjtzld?

5. How does Dr. Ferris explain to Rearden the many laws that are being passed by the State?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Twentieth Century Motor Company demonstrate the results of the communistic idea of "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need"?

2. How does the scene of the broken furnace give Hank insight into Francisco's real character?

3. Discuss the different views from "the top" and "the bottom."

4. In the chapter Rand calls "Account Overdrawn," how does the author picture the results of the socialist government's regulations?

5. What is the significance of "the best hamburger" Dagny has ever tasted when she goes to the diner in Wyoming?

6. When an agreement is reached that closes the John Galt Line and the Rio Norte Line, what does Francisco mean when he asks Dagny if they had murdered John Galt?

7. Francisco d'Anconia, heir of the d'Anconia Copper Mining empire, has developed a reputation as a playboy and a dilettante. Itemize the events in his early years with Dagny and James Taggart that are contradictory to that image.

8. Describe the meaning and the purpose of "white blackmail."

9. At his trial, Hank Rearden refuses to give the government the "sanction of the victim." Explain what he means.

10. Lillian demands the Rearden Metal bracelet back and threatens to tell everyone that Dagny is sleeping with her husband. What is the irony of that situation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on Project X and compare it to WMDs today.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining your personal feelings about the socialist government in ATLAS SHRUGGED.

Essay Topic 3

In a few pages, define the manufacture of Rearden Metal and why Taggart, Boye, and Mouch were so afraid of it.

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