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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. The Unification Board is now in complete control and more regulations are passed. What is the result?
2. What news was in the letter the doorman had held for Dagny for a week?
3. What becomes of James Taggart?
4. Why does Lillian come to see James Taggart?
5. Dagny wants to build a narrow gauge railroad in the valley and then changes her mind. Why?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Francisco comes to visit Dagny in the cabin near Woodstock, what idea does she have about the disappearance of so many business people?
2. Explain the significance of the $ sign on the cigarettes.
3. Discuss the fact that Dagny refuses to take money from John Galt unless she works for it.
4. 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.
5. Describe how differently Dagny and Cherryl work to get out of an unacceptable situation.
6. When does Dagny finally take the oath of the followers of John Galt?
7. As the world economy crumbles, describe the condition of Hank's family.
8. After they capture John Galt, explain why his life is not in immediate danger.
9. Describe Dagny's reaction when Danagger says to her, "Well, done, Dagny."
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 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 2
Write an essay on the character of Phillip Rearden. How is he unlike his brother Hank?
Essay Topic 3
The novel opens with New York's buildings being dingy and gray; toward the middle, even the elevators cannot go past the 25th floor; in the end, New York simply disappears. Write an essay explaining the symbolism of New York in the novel.
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