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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 3 "Anti-Greed".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dagny plan to start the first run of the John Galt Line?
(a) New York, NY
(b) Denver, Colorado
(c) Washington, D. C.
(d) Cheyenne, Wyoming

2. What is the result of the government's decision to divert coal to the People's Republic of England?
(a) People have to wait for needed food to arrive.
(b) Produce from the West coast is held up for 3 days and everything spoils.
(c) Rearden Metal wins the contract to ship the steel.
(d) Project X has to be put on hold.

3. Who is planning to build diesel engines for Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) Dwight Sanders
(b) Henry Rearden
(c) Francisco d'Anconia
(d) Eddie Willers

4. When a reporter asks Dagny, "Who is John Galt?" what is her answer?
(a) We are.
(b) I'll never tell.
(c) An advertising gimmick.
(d) Who cares?

5. What prevents Taggart Transcontinental from meeting Rearden's deadline for delivering steel?
(a) Danagger Coal cannot supply coal for the trains because its shipment goes to England.
(b) The bridge on the Galt Line is blown up.
(c) Danagger refuses to supply coal if it will help Rearden.
(d) The coal miners all go on strike for higher wages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hank realizes that their affair is over. What ended it?

2. When the Taggart board and the Washington influence peddlers meet, what is the irony of their meeting place?

3. How is Project X, a weapon of mass murder, define Rand's view of communism?

4. What sarcastic comment does Dagny make to James Taggart and Wesley Mouch?

5. How does the government plan to conserve copper and electricity?

(see the answer key)

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