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

2. What news was in the letter the doorman had held for Dagny for a week?

3. Why does Lillian come to see James Taggart?

4. When the east bound Comet stalls in the desert, how are the passengers taken away?

5. Dagny wants to build a narrow gauge railroad in the valley and then changes her mind. Why?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. As the Cuffy Meigs of the world gain control and the country is rapidly deteriorating, how does James Taggart view his personal situation?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Discuss the fact that Dagny refuses to take money from John Galt unless she works for it.

9. Describe the meeting between John Galt and Dr. Stadler.

10. What happens in the valley that indicates that Dagny is not yet ready to drop out and join everyone there?

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

In a short essay explain how Francisco goes about portraying himself as a worthless playboy. Use specific examples.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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