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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. Why does Cherryl go to visit Dagny?

2. What is the name of the regulation that effectively kills all creativity in business?

3. Why does the siege represent a "Concerto of Deliverance"?

4. What is the doctrine Galt says is used to keep otherwise rational people in line?

5. In the former hotel suite of Francisco d'Anconia, what is the subtle meaning of that location when Rearden meets Mouch and the "Washington boys"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Francisco's parting message to the world before he, too, disappears.

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

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

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

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

6. After her plane crash, Dagny wakes up in the valley that Rand compares to Atlantis, a lost continent. What does she then realize?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper contrasting Eddie's and Dagny's feelings about Francisco. Eddie says, "He makes me feel safe." Dagny says, "He makes me expect excitement and danger."

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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