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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cherryl go to visit Dagny?
(a) To borrow money so she can leave James.
(b) To accuse her of destroying James.
(c) To ask if she can stay there for the night.
(d) To apologize for what she said on her wedding day.

2. After Rearden is knocked unconscious and comes to, who does he discover were helping to fight off the siege?
(a) Frank Adams and Francisco d'Anconia
(b) John Galt and Ragnar Danneskjtzld
(c) Jim Taggart and Wesley Mouch
(d) Phillip Rearden and Orren boyle

3. How did Hank know that their affair was over before Dagny told him.
(a) Francisco sent him a telegram.
(b) He heard something different in her voice on the radio.
(c) John Galt came and told him.
(d) During the radio show she had only used past tense.

4. What causes Dagny to resign from Taggart Transcontinental?
(a) Francisco's telephone call
(b) The closing of the John Galt Line
(c) Directive 10-289
(d) Eddie's resignation

5. How does Rand use the history of Twentieth Century Motors to define communism?
(a) Plants under government controll never fail.
(b) When everyone had everything in common, the plant flourished.
(c) When capitalism ceases to be, everyone is happier.
(d) When all motivation was taken away, no one wanted to work.

6. In the former hotel suite of Francisco d'Anconia, what is the subtle meaning of that location when Rearden meets Mouch and the "Washington boys"?
(a) It shows high regard for Francisco and all he stands for.
(b) It shames Rearden because he can no longer afford such luxury.
(c) In a socialist society, those in power do not give up luxuries.
(d) It demonstrates the equality of the bosses and the people.

7. Why does James Taggart insist that Rearden will always produce, even if he doesn't like the conditions?
(a) Because he always caves in.
(b) Because he will want to keep on helping Dagny.
(c) Because he would be bored if he did nothing.
(d) Because producing is in his blood.

8. Who is the owner of the valley?
(a) Dr. Hendricks
(b) Francisco d'Anconia
(c) John Galt
(d) Midas Mulligan

9. What does the Head of State Thompson want from Galt?
(a) He wants Galt to tell him how to fix the economy.
(b) He wants Galt to leave thecountry and never return.
(c) He wants Galt to be his Vice-President.
(d) He wants Galt to give the government his radio technology.

10. What promise does Dagny make before she returns to the outside world?
(a) She will destroy the railroad before she returns.
(b) She will bring back Hank when she returns.
(c) She will return within one month.
(d) She will not reveal anything about it or try to find it again.

11. What happens to all the South American d'Anconia Copper Mines immediately after they are nationalized by the various governments?
(a) The mines all prove to be worthless and used up.
(b) The price of copper jumps to an all time high.
(c) The US government realizes it will now have to pay more for copper.
(d) The are blown up and the top management disappears.

12. What is the coincidence of Dagny stopping the conductor from throwing a vagrant off the train she is taking to see Quentin Daniels?
(a) He knew how to operate a train.
(b) He could finish the work Quentin Daniels had started.
(c) The man, Jeff Allen, once worked at Twentieth Century Motors.
(d) He turned out to be John Galt.

13. when Dagny comes to after her plane crashes in the Colorado mountains, who is the first person she sees?
(a) Quentin Daniels
(b) Francisco d'Anconia
(c) Hank Rearden
(d) John Galt

14. Why does Lillian come to see James Taggart?
(a) She thinks he is powerful enough to stop Hank from divorcing her.
(b) Lillian wants to find out more dirt on Dagny.
(c) Lillian wants to get rid of Cherryl because she is so common.
(d) She thinks he is a handsome, desirable man.

15. How does Dagny let it be known that she is back after her plane crashed?
(a) She takes out an ad in the New York papers.
(b) She goes on the radio to announce that she is all right.
(c) She fakes a plane crash in Nebraska.
(d) She notifies the press in Nebraska.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the doctrine Galt says is used to keep otherwise rational people in line?

2. What is the music heard in the valley as the industrial "strikers" arrive?

3. What does Dagny now realize about Francisco?

4. What happens to a radio broadcast planned for the Head of State?

5. What is the contrast between Dagny's response to the socialistic society and Cherryl's?

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