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by Ayn Rand

Atlas Shrugged Quiz 1

1. What is Dagny Taggart's job?

  • Vice-President in Charge of Operation
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • President
  • Vice President of Finance

2. For what occasion is Lillian planning a party in Chapter 2?

  • Hank's mother's birthday
  • Hank and Lillian's wedding
  • Hank and Lillian's wedding anniversary
  • Philip Reardon's birthday

3. What is the Friends of Global Progress?

  • A church group
  • A lobbying organization
  • A charity favored by Philip Reardon
  • A worker's union

4. Why don't the railway men in Chapter 1 immediately follow Dagny's orders?

  • They cannot hear her
  • They don't know who she is
  • They cannot understand English
  • They dislike taking orders from a woman

5. Why is Rand's philosophy not often written about?

  • Objectivism is not fully accepted by scholars as philosophy
  • Ayn Rand's books were not published in English
  • Ayn Rand's books were not popular
  • Objectivism was considered communism

6. What is Rand's philosophy called?

  • Neo-Platonism
  • Communism
  • Subjectivism
  • Objectivism

7. Who was Alissa Rosenbaum?

  • Ayn Rand's biographer
  • Ayn Rand's nom de plume
  • Ayn Rand's daughter
  • Ayn Rand's birth name

8. What is the family business of the Taggarts?

  • Steel production
  • Railway
  • Politics
  • Oil wildcatting

9. Of what material is the bracelet Hank gives Lillian in Chapter 2?

  • Copper
  • Reardon Metal
  • Reardon Steel
  • Gold

10. What color is Rearden Metal?

  • Blue-green
  • Grey
  • Black
  • Green

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