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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 9 "The Sacred and the Profane".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "the chain"?
(a) The imprisonment of Hank's family.
(b) A means of restraining railroad workers.
(c) The weakest link in Rearden's new metal.
(d) A bracelet made from the first pouring of Rearden metal.

2. Atlas is the Greek god who holds the world on his shoulders. In the novel, who is "Atlas"?
(a) The common people.
(b) Industrialists like Dagny and Rearden
(c) The National Alliance of Railroads
(d) Billionaires like Francisco d'Anconia.

3. How does the organization, Friends of Global Progress, view Rearden Steel?
(a) That it is an indignificant business that will likely fail.
(b) That Rearden Steel will be its largest contributor.
(c) That Rearden Steel will one day belong to them.
(d) That Rearden represents the blackest element of social retrogression in the country.

4. When Hank Rearden learns that the legislature has passed the Equalization of Opportunity Bill, what does he learn from Mouch, his lobbyist in Washington?
(a) Mouch says the President will veto the bill.
(b) Mouch offers to return the money Rearden has paid him.
(c) Mouch tells him that the bill has no penalty written into it.
(d) Nothing. Mouch is not answering his phone.

5. What does "the chain" represent to Henry Rearden?
(a) The only thing that will ever come of Rearden metal.
(b) The demands made on him by an ungrateful family.
(c) All his accomplishments after years of hard work.
(d) The close link he has to his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Francisco's ancestor out of Spain to Argentina where he became wealthy as a copper miner?

2. When Dagny demands that Francisco tell her why Ellis Wyatt will be wiped out in Colorado, why does he refuse to tell her?

3. What did the National Alliance of Railroads pass to eliminate competition?

4. What is Ayn Rand's objection to majority rule as put forth by the National Alliance of Railroads?

5. How old was Francisco when he took over d'Anconia Copper Mines?

(see the answer key)

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