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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. What is so revolutionary about the motor that never went into production?
2. What was Francisco's nickname for Dagny when they were children?
3. How does Bertram Scudder, editor of "The Future" magazine, characterize Hank Rearden?
4. Dr. Potter of the State Science Institute threatens Rearden who pretends not to understand his threats. Why?
5. Who offers to help Dagny solve the problem of the rotting wooden bridge on her Colorado line?
Short Essay Questions
1. As James Taggart and Dagny discuss plans for Taggart Transcontinental, James' attitude sets the stage for the real conflict in ATLAS SHRUGGED. Explain.
2. Write a few paragraphs on why Hank Rearden does not mind supporting his idle family but refuses to give Phillip a job he is not qualified to handle.
3. 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.
4. Discuss the different views from "the top" and "the bottom."
5. 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?
6. What is the significance of "the best hamburger" Dagny has ever tasted when she goes to the diner in Wyoming?
7. When Cherryl confronts Dagny and says that she is now Mrs. Taggart, the woman of the family, Dagny replies, "That's quite all right. I'm the man." Explain what she means by that comment.
8. 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"?
9. Discuss the significance of the names Rand gives to the businesses in ATLAS SHRUGGED.
10. At his trial, Hank Rearden refuses to give the government the "sanction of the victim." Explain what he means.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about Nathaniel Taggart, the founder of the Taggart Transcontinental.
Essay Topic 2
ATLAS SHRUGGED was written about 1957. In the story, all of the major governments on earth have become socialistic. Write an essay describing what New York City looked like at that time.
Essay Topic 3
Write a short skit between Dagny and James after he learns about the junk on the line going down to Mexico.
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