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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. When the Taggart board and the Washington influence peddlers meet, what is the irony of their meeting place?
(a) It is held in the terminal beneath the statue of Nathaniel Taggart.
(b) It is in Dagny's office.
(c) It is unheated because of the coal shortages.
(d) It gives complete control of Taggart Transcontinental to the government.

2. How is Project X, a weapon of mass murder, define Rand's view of communism?
(a) It shows that absolute power is good for the people in general.
(b) It shows how powerful communism is and there is no way to defeat it.
(c) It defines the limits of a Cold War.
(d) It takes away material things and destroys the world that capitalism has built.

3. What is the result of the government's decision to divert coal to the People's Republic of England?
(a) Project X has to be put on hold.
(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) People have to wait for needed food to arrive.

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

5. What is Mouch's new job after he resigns as Rearden's Washington lobbyist?
(a) Secretary of the Interior
(b) Vice President of Taggart Transcontinental
(c) Assistant Editor of
(d) Assistant Coordinator of the Bureau of Economic Planning and National Resources

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevents Taggart Transcontinental from meeting Rearden's deadline for delivering steel?

2. Who is planning to build diesel engines for Taggart Transcontinental?

3. Where does Dagny plan to start the first run of the John Galt Line?

4. What is the comparison Francisco makes between John Galt and Prometheus?

5. How does Dagny let it be known that she is back after her plane crashed?

(see the answer key)

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