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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 9 "The Generator".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message on the city calendar marquee made Rearden laugh out loud?
(a) We declare a four day work week starting immediately.
(b) Wanted: Someone who knows how to run a steel plant.
(c) We know who John Galt is.
(d) Brother, you asked for it! Francisco Domingo Carlos Andres Sebastian d'Anconia.

2. How does Hank protect Danneskjtzld when the police arrive?
(a) He tells the police that Danneskjtzld is his new bodyguard.
(b) He tells the police that Danneskjtzld is James Taggart in disguise.
(c) He pretends to shoot Danneskjtzld who plays dead.
(d) He pulls a gun on the police and chases them off.

3. What is the contrast between Dagny's response to the socialistic society and Cherryl's?
(a) Cherryl understands everything, but Dagny is confused.
(b) Cherryl resigns herself to poverty but Dagny finds ways of making more money.
(c) Dagny fights, but Cherryl commits suicide.
(d) Dagny gives up but Cherryl makes James Taggart suffer.

4. At the Thanksgiving dinner, why does Lillian urge Hank not to fight the lawsuit?
(a) She says he cannot win.
(b) She says they will assassinate him.
(c) She says he will damage her socially.
(d) She says he will win if he does not present a case.

5. What revelation does Eddie Willers get when he hears the radio broadcast?
(a) He realizes that Dagny has been wrong all the time.
(b) He suddenly knows who his friend in the cafeteria was.
(c) He understands why he will marry Dagny.
(d) He discovers that James Taggart has been leading a double life.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Phillip want cash instead of a check for Rearden's contribution to Friends of Global Progress?

3. What news was in the letter the doorman had held for Dagny for a week?

4. What has happened to Dagny during the time that John Galt was recaptured and taken away?

5. When a reporter asks Dagny, "Who is John Galt?" what is her answer?

(see the answer key)

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