Atlas Shrugged Quizzes

Atlas Shrugged Quiz 1

1 What is Dagny Taggart's job?
President

Chief Operating Officer

Vice President of Finance

Vice-President in Charge of Operation
2 For what occasion is Lillian planning a party in Chapter 2?
Hank and Lillian's wedding

Hank's mother's birthday

Philip Reardon's birthday

Hank and Lillian's wedding anniversary
3 What is the Friends of Global Progress?
A lobbying organization

A church group

A worker's union

A charity favored by Philip Reardon
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?
Ayn Rand's books were not popular

Objectivism was considered communism

Ayn Rand's books were not published in English

Objectivism is not fully accepted by scholars as philosophy
6 What is Rand's philosophy called?
Communism

Objectivism

Neo-Platonism

Subjectivism
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?
Railway

Politics

Steel production

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

Reardon Steel

Copper

Reardon Metal
10 What color is Rearden Metal?
Blue-green

Green

Black

Grey
11 What is the best hotel in New York in the novel?
The Ritz

The Plaza

The Wayne-Falkland

The Inter-Continental
12 Who runs Taggart Transcontinental while Dagny is in Colorado?
John Galt

Eddie Willers

Francisco d'Anconia

Hank Rearden
13 What country does Francisco come from?
Argentina

Mexico

Canada

Spain
14 What is Hank's wife's name?
Nancy

Lillian

Patty

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

Stephanie

Gwen

Mary
16 What does Dagny name her new railroad line?
The John Galt Line

The James Taggart Line

The Hank Rearden Line

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

He is afraid of Dagny.

She is married.

He knows Dagny loves someone else.
18 What is the Anti-dog-eat-dog Rule?
A policy of Taggart Transcontinental

A business constraint enacted by the Railroad Association

A law in Congress

A favorite philosophy of Francisco
19 What favor does Hank's mother ask him when she visits him in his office?
To give Hank's brother a job

To find a home for her

To ask for money

To ask for a divorce for Lillian
20 What is the nature of Francisco and Dagny's relationship when they are young?
They start as childhood friends, and become lovers

Francisco is a friend of James

They met at Dagny's coming-out ball

They always disliked each other
21 Who is Wesley Mouch?
James' enemy

Hank Rearden's friend

Hank Rearden's Washington man

Dagny's employee
22 In the coffeeshop Dagny visits, in what state is all the equipment made?
Pennsylvania

New York

California

Colorado
23 Near what river was the Taggart Estate?
The Colorado

The Hudson

The Mississippi

The Thames
24 What is Hank's original business?
Railroads

Coal

Steel

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

Patrick Henry University

The University of California

Yale