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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 the name of the regulation that effectively kills all creativity in business?

2. How has Cherryl changed from the dime store clerk James married?

3. while John Galt is being held in a plush hotel suite, what is happening in the country?

4. What becomes of James Taggart?

5. How does Dagny now realize that the government had used her, Rearden, and other industrialists?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. After they capture John Galt, explain why his life is not in immediate danger.

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

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

5. Francisco shows up to deliver Hank when an angry mod attacks his Rearden Metal plant. Why is this a turning point for Hank Rearden?

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about influence peddling. Refer to Cuffy Meigs sending train cars to Louisiana to pick up worthless soy beans while the grain crops in Minesota rot for lack of trasportation.

Do you think we see some influence peddling in our government today?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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