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"Atlas Shrugged": The People Trivia Quiz

This consistently top-rated book of all time asks the question, "What moves the world?" People move the world. Take this quiz to find out if you know the movers of the world in "Atlas Shrugged".

A multiple-choice quiz by efvie. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
efvie

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
245,070

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
888

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the beginning of the book, a character remembers an oak tree that was struck by lightning in his youth. Who is it? Hint

James Taggert

Dagny Taggert

Eddie Willers

Francisco D'Anconia

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who is Hank Rearden's "man in Washington"? Hint

Wesley Mouch

Paul Larkin

Orren Boyle

Bertram Scudder

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who says to Rearden, "You haven't told a lie. Your bodyguard -- that's what I am, and what I'll deserve to be, in many more ways than you can know at present?" Hint

Ragnar Danneskjold

John Galt

Francisco D'Anconia

Midas Milligan

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who runs for office in California on the platform of nationalizing the railroads? Hint

Kip Chalmers

Mr. Weatherby

Wesley Mouch

Balph Eubanks

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who says that he would tell Atlas to shrug? Hint

Hank Rearden

Hugh Akston

John Galt

Francisco D'Anconia

6. Who are Eddie and Dagny speaking of in this conversation?
Eddie: "You know, I don't think he's one of those the destroyer knocked out. I think he just broke by himself."
Dagny: "Yes. I know he did." Hint

Ellis Wyatt

Francisco D'Anconia

Dan Conway

Hank Rearden

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who said about Dr. Stadler, "...but what one felt for a mind like Stadler's was painfully close to love, it was the rarest of pleasures: admiration."? Hint

John Galt

Dagny Taggert

Hugh Akston

Dr. Ferris

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who betrayed the secret of Rearden's affair with Dagny to Washington, enabling Dr. Ferris to blackmail Rearden to sign the Gift Certificate? Hint

Dagny Taggert

Paul Larkin

James Taggert

Lillian Rearden

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who says, "A man like Rearden would have fought for us. Would a man like Orren Boyle?"? Hint

Dr. Ferris

Mr. Thompson

Dr. Stadler

James Taggert

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Question 10 of 10

10. In whose office does Dagny almost catch "the destroyer"? Hint

Hank Rearden

Ellis Wyatt

Dan Conway

Ken Danagger

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the beginning of the book, a character remembers an oak tree that was struck by lightning in his youth. Who is it?

Answer: Eddie Willers

Eddie Willers grew up on the Taggert Estate with Dagny and James Taggert. Francisco visited them during the summers.

Eddie is walking down the streets of New York, feeling mildly depressed, although he cannot pinpoint why. He remembers the oak tree that he always viewed as a symbol of strength and security. It was struck by lightning and cut in half, revealing that its heart had long ago rotted away.

2. Who is Hank Rearden's "man in Washington"?

Answer: Wesley Mouch

Wesley Mouch was Rearden's man in Washington, but sold him out.

3. Who says to Rearden, "You haven't told a lie. Your bodyguard -- that's what I am, and what I'll deserve to be, in many more ways than you can know at present?"

Answer: Ragnar Danneskjold

Ragnar said this to Rearden one night in the woods when he came to bring him a bar of gold as token of the money that he had been hoarding for Rearden, after Dr. Ferris blackmails Rearden into signing his "Gift Certificate."

4. Who runs for office in California on the platform of nationalizing the railroads?

Answer: Kip Chalmers

Chalmers declares that this will be his platform when the Taggert Transcontinental train he is on lurches forward and spills a drink in his lap.

5. Who says that he would tell Atlas to shrug?

Answer: Francisco D'Anconia

Francisco was talking to Rearden in his office and asks what Rearden would say to Atlas if he saw him carrying the world and its burdens.
Rearden asks what Francisco would say, and Francisco replies, "I'd tell him to shrug."

6. Who are Eddie and Dagny speaking of in this conversation? Eddie: "You know, I don't think he's one of those the destroyer knocked out. I think he just broke by himself." Dagny: "Yes. I know he did."

Answer: Dan Conway

Dan Conway quit when Anti-dog-eat-dog rule went into effect.

7. Who said about Dr. Stadler, "...but what one felt for a mind like Stadler's was painfully close to love, it was the rarest of pleasures: admiration."?

Answer: Hugh Akston

Hugh Akston and Dr. Stadler were friendly rivals for the attention and affection of Francisco, Galt, and Danneskjold during college. Akston taught philosophy and Stadler taught physics.

8. Who betrayed the secret of Rearden's affair with Dagny to Washington, enabling Dr. Ferris to blackmail Rearden to sign the Gift Certificate?

Answer: Lillian Rearden

Rearden signs to protect Dagny's reputation.

9. Who says, "A man like Rearden would have fought for us. Would a man like Orren Boyle?"?

Answer: Dr. Ferris

This is said after Project X is unveiled.

10. In whose office does Dagny almost catch "the destroyer"?

Answer: Ken Danagger

She went to his office to try to talk him into not quitting, but "the destroyer" got there first.

Source: Author efvie

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