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

Vice-President in Charge of Operation

Chief Operating Officer

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

Hank and Lillian's wedding

Philip Reardon's birthday

Hank's mother's birthday

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

A charity favored by Philip Reardon

A lobbying organization

A worker's union

A church group
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 don't know who she is

They cannot understand English
5 Why is Rand's philosophy not often written about?

Ayn Rand's books were not published in English

Objectivism is not fully accepted by scholars as philosophy

Objectivism was considered communism

Ayn Rand's books were not popular
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 biographer

Ayn Rand's nom de plume

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

Politics

Oil wildcatting

Steel production

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

Gold

Reardon Metal

Reardon Steel

Copper
10 What color is Rearden Metal?

Grey

Black

Blue-green

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

The Plaza

The Ritz

The Inter-Continental

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

Francisco d'Anconia

Hank Rearden

Eddie Willers

John Galt
13 What country does Francisco come from?

Canada

Mexico

Spain

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

Nancy

Lillian

Dagny

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

Beatrice

Stephanie

Gwen

Mary
16 What does Dagny name her new railroad line?

The Hank Rearden Line

The Nat Taggart Line

The James Taggart Line

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

She is married.

He knows Dagny loves someone else.

He is married.

He is afraid of Dagny.
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 find a home for her

To ask for money

To ask for a divorce for Lillian

To give Hank's brother a job
20 What is the nature of Francisco and Dagny's relationship when they are young?

They start as childhood friends, and become lovers

They met at Dagny's coming-out ball

They always disliked each other

Francisco is a friend of James
21 Who is Wesley Mouch?

Dagny's employee

James' enemy

Hank Rearden's friend

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

New York

Colorado

California

Pennsylvania
23 Near what river was the Taggart Estate?

The Mississippi

The Thames

The Colorado

The Hudson
24 What is Hank's original business?

Railroads

Coal

Mining

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

Princeton

Yale

Patrick Henry University

The University of California

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