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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 4 "Anti-Life".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How has Cherryl changed from the dime store clerk James married?
(a) Now she has risen in poise and social stature.
(b) She is no longer innocent but plays the part of a shop girl to fool society.
(c) she has learned how to get more and more money out of James.
(d) She has even less of an idea about things than she did when they married.

2. What is the name of the regulation that effectively kills all creativity in business?
(a) Directive 10-289
(b) The Patents and Copyrights Act
(c) The Transcontinental Act
(d) The Business Licensing Act

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

4. Dr. Potter of the State Science Institute threatens Rearden who pretends not to understand his threats. Why?
(a) If he did, he would have to give Rearden Metal to the government.
(b) If he did, he would have to kill Potter.
(c) If he did, he would take his product off the market.
(d) If he did, he would cancel his business plans.

5. What does Hank Rearden's mother suggest is Phillip's qualification to work for Rearden Metal?
(a) He has the social skills that Hank lacks.
(b) He could get a job anywhere but wants to help his brother.
(c) He holds an engineering degree.
(d) He is Hank's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the irony of the State Science Institute's demand for 10,000 tons of Rearden Metal?

2. What show of support does Dagny get from employees of Taggart Transcontinental?

3. How does Dagny now realize that the government had used her, Rearden, and other industrialists?

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

5. What is the symbolism of the explosion in the Colorado tunnel?

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