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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 10 "The Sign of the Dollar".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the problem Rearden sees in any government that professes to run by committee for the "public good."
(a) There is no morality of right and wrong involved.
(b) The moral purity of a committee cannot know what the public good is.
(c) It favors industrialists who create jobs for the public.
(d) The committees are selected by popular vote.

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

3. What was John Galt's connection to Twentieth Century Motors?
(a) He once owned that factory.
(b) He is Quentin Daniel's father.
(c) He was the young engineer building the revolutionary motor.
(d) He once owned the company.

4. Dr. Stadler talks about having known John Galt who he believes is dead. What is his recollection of Galt?
(a) Galt was an insurrectionist and trouble maker.
(b) Galt was an early leader of the communist movement.
(c) Galt had the most brilliant mind he had ever encountered.
(d) Galt was the brains behind the revolutionary motor.

5. What does Rand mean by the title, "White Blackmail"?
(a) A way of getting people to obey the laws and cooperate with the government.
(b) Not really blackmail at all.
(c) Little white lies to get around the laws.
(d) A way of manipulating people by passing aws and regulations that the influence peddlers want broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dagny take a leave of absence from her job as Vice President of Operations at Taggart Transcontinental?

2. What is so revolutionary about the motor that never went into production?

3. How did the Sternes say they tried to run Twentieth Century Motors?

4. What decision does Dagny make when she is nine years old?

5. How does Rand use the history of Twentieth Century Motors to define communism?

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