Atlas Shrugged Quizzes

Atlas Shrugged Quiz 1

1 What is Dagny Taggart's job?
Chief Operating Officer

President

Vice-President in Charge of Operation

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

Hank and Lillian's wedding anniversary

Hank's mother's birthday

Philip Reardon's birthday
3 What is the Friends of Global Progress?
A lobbying organization

A charity favored by Philip Reardon

A church group

A worker's union
4 Why don't the railway men in Chapter 1 immediately follow Dagny's orders?
They cannot hear her

They dislike taking orders from a woman

They cannot understand English

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 is not fully accepted by scholars as philosophy

Ayn Rand's books were not published in English

Objectivism was considered communism
6 What is Rand's philosophy called?
Objectivism

Communism

Neo-Platonism

Subjectivism
7 Who was Alissa Rosenbaum?
Ayn Rand's birth name

Ayn Rand's daughter

Ayn Rand's nom de plume

Ayn Rand's biographer
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

Copper

Reardon Steel

Reardon Metal
10 What color is Rearden Metal?
Black

Green

Blue-green

Grey
11 What is the best hotel in New York in the novel?
The Inter-Continental

The Ritz

The Plaza

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

Francisco d'Anconia

Eddie Willers

Hank Rearden
13 What country does Francisco come from?
Canada

Mexico

Argentina

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

Dagny

Nancy

Lillian
15 What is Hank's secretary's name?
Gwen

Stephanie

Mary

Beatrice
16 What does Dagny name her new railroad line?
The James Taggart Line

The John Galt 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?
She is married.

He is afraid of Dagny.

He is married.

He knows Dagny loves someone else.
18 What is the Anti-dog-eat-dog Rule?
A business constraint enacted by the Railroad Association

A law in Congress

A policy of Taggart Transcontinental

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 ask for money

To ask for a divorce for Lillian

To find a home for her
20 What is the nature of Francisco and Dagny's relationship when they are young?
Francisco is a friend of James

They start as childhood friends, and become lovers

They met at Dagny's coming-out ball

They always disliked each other
21 Who is Wesley Mouch?
Hank Rearden's Washington man

Dagny's employee

James' enemy

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

New York

Colorado

Pennsylvania
23 Near what river was the Taggart Estate?
The Hudson

The Mississippi

The Thames

The Colorado
24 What is Hank's original business?
Coal

Mining

Steel

Railroads
25 Where did Francisco d'Anconia go to school?
Yale

Patrick Henry University

Princeton

The University of California