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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 Galt remove suspicion from Dagny at his capture?

2. What does James Taggart say that indicates he realizes the seriousness of the situation with the Unification Board?

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

4. Who comes to visit the dejected Dagny at her cabin near Woodstock?

5. What is the music heard in the valley as the industrial "strikers" arrive?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss the implication of Project X as it relates to the communist society that builds it.

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

4. Eddie Willers is left alone with the last train broken down in the desert. How does Rand portray the result of the communist rule?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on Project X and compare it to WMDs today.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about Nathaniel Taggart, the founder of the Taggart Transcontinental.

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