Atlas Shrugged Quizzes

Atlas Shrugged Quiz 1

By Elizabeth Hayes Smith · Edited by Soman Chainani · Last reviewed July 31, 2009

1 What is Dagny Taggart's job?

Vice President of Finance

President

Chief Operating Officer

Vice-President in Charge of Operation
2 For what occasion is Lillian planning a party in Chapter 2?

Philip Reardon's birthday

Hank's mother's birthday

Hank and Lillian's wedding anniversary

Hank and Lillian's wedding
3 What is the Friends of Global Progress?

A charity favored by Philip Reardon

A worker's union

A church group

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

They cannot understand English

They cannot hear her

They dislike taking orders from a woman

They don't know who she is
5 Why is Rand's philosophy not often written about?

Objectivism was considered communism

Ayn Rand's books were not popular

Objectivism is not fully accepted by scholars as philosophy

Ayn Rand's books were not published in English
6 What is Rand's philosophy called?

Objectivism

Communism

Neo-Platonism

Subjectivism
7 Who was Alissa Rosenbaum?

Ayn Rand's nom de plume

Ayn Rand's biographer

Ayn Rand's birth name

Ayn Rand's daughter
8 What is the family business of the Taggarts?

Railway

Politics

Steel production

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

Reardon Steel

Gold

Reardon Metal

Copper
10 What color is Rearden Metal?

Black

Grey

Blue-green

Green
11 What is the best hotel in New York in the novel?

The Plaza

The Inter-Continental

The Ritz

The Wayne-Falkland
12 Who runs Taggart Transcontinental while Dagny is in Colorado?

Francisco d'Anconia

John Galt

Hank Rearden

Eddie Willers
13 What country does Francisco come from?

Spain

Canada

Mexico

Argentina
14 What is Hank's wife's name?

Patty

Lillian

Nancy

Dagny
15 What is Hank's secretary's name?

Stephanie

Beatrice

Gwen

Mary
16 What does Dagny name her new railroad line?

The Hank Rearden Line

The John Galt Line

The James Taggart Line

The Nat Taggart Line
17 In the early part of the book, why doesn't Hank act on his feelings for Dagny?

He knows Dagny loves someone else.

He is afraid of Dagny.

He is married.

She is married.
18 What is the Anti-dog-eat-dog Rule?

A business constraint enacted by the Railroad Association

A policy of Taggart Transcontinental

A favorite philosophy of Francisco

A law in Congress
19 What favor does Hank's mother ask him when she visits him in his office?

To ask for a divorce for Lillian

To find a home for her

To give Hank's brother a job

To ask for money
20 What is the nature of Francisco and Dagny's relationship when they are young?

Francisco is a friend of James

They met at Dagny's coming-out ball

They always disliked each other

They start as childhood friends, and become lovers
21 Who is Wesley Mouch?

Hank Rearden's Washington man

James' enemy

Dagny's employee

Hank Rearden's friend
22 In the coffeeshop Dagny visits, in what state is all the equipment made?

New York

Pennsylvania

Colorado

California
23 Near what river was the Taggart Estate?

The Mississippi

The Colorado

The Hudson

The Thames
24 What is Hank's original business?

Railroads

Steel

Coal

Mining
25 Where did Francisco d'Anconia go to school?

The University of California

Princeton

Patrick Henry University

Yale