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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. How much will it cost Dagny to repair her airplane?

2. What causes Dagny to return to Taggart Transcontinental?

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

4. John Galt is strapped naked to a table with electrodes attached to various parts of his body. What does that symbolize?

5. What is the last thing passengers see on Kip Chalmers' train as they enter the tunnel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Dagny's reaction when Danagger says to her, "Well, done, Dagny."

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. Describe the first meeting between Hank Rearden and Ragnar Danneskjtzld.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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 an essay describing Dagny as a true feminist, years ahead of her time.

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