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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. while John Galt is being held in a plush hotel suite, what is happening in the country?
(a) Everything comes to a standstill while they wait for Galt's economic plan.
(b) The people in Atlantis decide to assassinate Galt before he tells everything.
(c) The people who had disappeared return to help Galt.
(d) More businesses are closing and more great minds are disappearing.

2. How does Dagny locate John Galt?
(a) She tells a foreman to bring him to her.
(b) She whistles Halley's Fifth Concerto and he answers her.
(c) She finds his name and address on her payroll account.
(d) She gets help from the police.

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

4. When Kellogg gives Dagny a cigarette marked with the $ sign, why does he give her an entire pack of the cigarettes?
(a) Because she forgot her cigarettes in New York.
(b) Because he says she's earned it.
(c) Because she thinks they are very pretty.
(d) Because she doesn't ask him anything about the cigarettes.

5. How do the police finally locate John Galt?
(a) They follow Dagny who leads them to her.
(b) They announce that they are holding Dagny hostage.
(c) They put a trace on his radio broadcasts.
(d) Eddie Willers accidentally calls him by name at work.

Short Answer Questions

1. On a radio program what does Dagny say that causes the program to go suddenly off the air?

2. What is the coincidence of Dagny stopping the conductor from throwing a vagrant off the train she is taking to see Quentin Daniels?

3. 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"?

4. What was John Galt's connection to Twentieth Century Motors?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the valley that indicates that Dagny is not yet ready to drop out and join everyone there?

2. Discuss the implication of Project X as it relates to the communist society that builds it.

3. As the Cuffy Meigs of the world gain control and the country is rapidly deteriorating, how does James Taggart view his personal situation?

4. Discuss the fact that Dagny refuses to take money from John Galt unless she works for it.

5. After her return, Dagny is invited to speak on national radio. Describe her appearance on the show.

6. Discuss Francisco's parting message to the world before he, too, disappears.

7. Eddie Willers is left alone with the last train broken down in the desert. How does Rand portray the result of the communist rule?

8. When Francisco comes to visit Dagny in the cabin near Woodstock, what idea does she have about the disappearance of so many business people?

9. Francisco shows up to deliver Hank when an angry mod attacks his Rearden Metal plant. Why is this a turning point for Hank Rearden?

10. Summarize the message John Galt gives to the people when he takes control of the radio frequency.

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