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"Atlas Shrugged" - Part II Trivia Quiz

'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand, is just too massive a book to be covered in one quiz. Therefore, here is Part II. Good luck.

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

Author
ashlybug

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
105,361

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
14 / 20

Plays
1268

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 20

1. Who is the head of Associated Steel, Hank Rearden's main competition? Hint

Ben Nealy

Orren Boyle

Robert Stadler

Dick McNamara

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Question 2 of 20

2. Who is the editor of 'The Future', an anti-business, anti-businessman publication? Hint

Balph Eubank

Eddy Willers

Mort Liddy

Bertram Scudder

3. While traveling through the Rockies, searching for the designer of the revolutionary motor, Dagny stops to eat at a diner. She has a conversation with the cook and he gives her a cigarette with a dollar sign on it. Who is that cook? Hint

John Galt

Ellis Wyatt

Dan Conway

Hugh Akston

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Question 4 of 20

4. Who is the president of the Phoenix-Durango Railroad? Hint

Ben Nealy

Kip Chalmers

Dan Conway

Paul Larkin

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Question 5 of 20

5. At the beginning of the book, Hank Rearden has a "man in Washington". This man turned on Rearden and eventually became the country's economic dictator. Who is he? Hint

Quentin Daniels

Fred Kinnan

Wesley Mouch

Floyd Ferris

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Question 6 of 20

6. What is the stated intent of the Anti-dog-eat-dog rule? Hint

To prevent "destructive competition" between railroads

To quell dissent amongst newspaper writers

To stop Hank Rearden from maintaining a monopoly with Rearden Metal

To prevent cannibalism among the starving masses

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Question 7 of 20

7. Which of the following is not a part of Directive 10-289? Hint

All patents and trademarks will become property of the government

All newspaper articles will be submitted to censors prior to publication

All wages and prices will be frozen

All businesses will be required to stay open

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Question 8 of 20

8. This person was a student of physics and philosophy, but he joined the 'strikers' and became a pirate. What is his name? Hint

Phillip Rearden

Chick Morrison

John Galt

Ragnar Danneskjold

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Question 9 of 20

9. Who is Eddie Willers? Hint

One of the original 'strikers'

Hank Rearden's government watchdog

Dagny's special assistant

The Superintendent of Taggart Transcontinental

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Question 10 of 20

10. Does Hank Rearden ever give up and move to Galt's Gulch?

Yes

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Question 11 of 20

11. Where does Dagny first hear Halley's 'Fifth Concerto'? Hint

Francisco d'Anconia plays it for her

She hears it on a 'pirate' radio station

She hears Halley himself play it, in Galt's Gulch

She hears it being whistled by an unknown brakeman aboard the Comet

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Question 12 of 20

12. As Hank Rearden is walking along a road near his mill he is approached by a man who gives him a bar of gold. Who is that man? Hint

Francisco d'Anconia

John Galt

Ragnar Danneskjold

James Taggart

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Question 13 of 20

13. Who was Dagny Taggart's first love? Hint

Hank Rearden

John Galt

Francisco d'Anconia

Eddie Willers

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Question 14 of 20

14. How did Jim Taggart's wife, Cheryl, die? Hint

She died in an automobile accident

She died when the Taggart Tunnel was destroyed

She was killed by union thugs in a riot

She committed suicide

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Question 15 of 20

15. This man is known as "the literary leader of the age", even though he isn't able to write anything that people actually want to read. What is his name? Hint

Kip Chalmers

Bertram Scudder

Balph Eubank

Paul Larkin

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Question 16 of 20

16. Which of the following men is not known as a 'looter'? Hint

Floyd Ferris

Wesley Mouch

Paul Larkin

Phillip Rearden

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Question 17 of 20

17. Although everyone else associated with the 'strikers' calls their hideaway Galt's Gulch, John Galt calls it something different. What does he call it? Hint

Atlantis

None of these

The Crossroads

Mulligan's Valley

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Question 18 of 20

18. When the 'looters' put John Galt on television to reassure the nation, how do they try to control him? Hint

He is kept heavily sedated

His "personal secretary" holds a gun on him

Dagny is being held hostage to force his compliance

They actually use a look-alike in his place

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Question 19 of 20

19. When the 'strikers' go to rescue John Galt, which person makes the initial approach to the facility? Hint

Ragnar Danneskjold

Hank Rearden

Francisco d'Anconia

Dagny Taggart

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Question 20 of 20

20. Who is the following quote from? "The road is cleared. We are going back to the world". Hint

John Galt

Paul Larkin

Dagny Taggart

Francisco d'Anconia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who is the head of Associated Steel, Hank Rearden's main competition?

Answer: Orren Boyle

Boyle started out with a $200 million government loan and parlayed it into a huge, though incompetent, company.

2. Who is the editor of 'The Future', an anti-business, anti-businessman publication?

Answer: Bertram Scudder

Scudder wrote a scathing piece about Hank Rearden titled 'The Octopus'.

Answer: Hugh Akston

After Akston quit teaching at Patrick Henry University and went on strike, he became a cook to support himself. He even turned down Dagny's offer of a high paying job in New York.

4. Who is the president of the Phoenix-Durango Railroad?

Answer: Dan Conway

Conway resigns when the Anti-dog-eat-dog rule is used to drive his railroad out of Colorado.

5. At the beginning of the book, Hank Rearden has a "man in Washington". This man turned on Rearden and eventually became the country's economic dictator. Who is he?

Answer: Wesley Mouch

Mouch started out as a relatively insignificant 'looter' after he betrayed Hank Rearden, but through wheeling and dealing became one of the most powerful 'looters' on the scene.

6. What is the stated intent of the Anti-dog-eat-dog rule?

Answer: To prevent "destructive competition" between railroads

Orren Boyle crafted the rule as a favor to Jim Taggert. It was intended to drive the Phoenix-Durango Railroad out of Colorado, and it succeeded.

7. Which of the following is not a part of Directive 10-289?

Answer: All newspaper articles will be submitted to censors prior to publication

Directive 10-289 said nothing about the media, but it wasn't really necessary because the vast majority of writers backed the government's positions.

8. This person was a student of physics and philosophy, but he joined the 'strikers' and became a pirate. What is his name?

Answer: Ragnar Danneskjold

Danneskjold was the son of a Norweigain Bishop. He became a pirate and started seizing relief ships that were being sent from the U.S. to Europe. He was one of the original 'strikers'.

9. Who is Eddie Willers?

Answer: Dagny's special assistant

Eddie and Dagny grew up together, and although he is secretly in love with her he remains her loyal assistant until the end.

10. Does Hank Rearden ever give up and move to Galt's Gulch?

Answer: Yes

Rearden goes on strike and moves to Galt's Gulch after his mills are attacked.

11. Where does Dagny first hear Halley's 'Fifth Concerto'?

Answer: She hears it being whistled by an unknown brakeman aboard the Comet

Eventually Dagny meets the unknown brakeman again, in Galt's Gulch.

12. As Hank Rearden is walking along a road near his mill he is approached by a man who gives him a bar of gold. Who is that man?

Answer: Ragnar Danneskjold

Danneskjold tells Rearden that the bar of gold is a down payment on his "tax refund". He says that the rest of the money is on deposit at Midas Mulligan's bank.

13. Who was Dagny Taggart's first love?

Answer: Francisco d'Anconia

Dagny and Francisco were involved while still in college. He called her "Slug" and she called him "Frisco".

14. How did Jim Taggart's wife, Cheryl, die?

Answer: She committed suicide

Despondent because of her husband's affair and because she finally saw him for the type of man he really was, Cheryl killed herself by hurling herself off of a parapet.

15. This man is known as "the literary leader of the age", even though he isn't able to write anything that people actually want to read. What is his name?

Answer: Balph Eubank

Eubank thinks that what people want to read is irrelevant. He favors a law limiting the sales of books to ten tousand copies each.

16. Which of the following men is not known as a 'looter'?

Answer: Phillip Rearden

Phillip Rearden is more properly referred to as a 'moocher'. Although he supports the actions of the 'looters', he isn't smart enough to actually be one.

17. Although everyone else associated with the 'strikers' calls their hideaway Galt's Gulch, John Galt calls it something different. What does he call it?

Answer: Mulligan's Valley

Galt is at heart a humble man, so he pays homage to the man who owns the valley by referring to it as Mulligan's Valley.

18. When the 'looters' put John Galt on television to reassure the nation, how do they try to control him?

Answer: His "personal secretary" holds a gun on him

When it is Galt's turn to speak he moves suddenly, leaving the gun pointed at his side in plain view and says "get the hell out of my way".

19. When the 'strikers' go to rescue John Galt, which person makes the initial approach to the facility?

Answer: Dagny Taggart

Dagny approaches the guard at the front door to the facility, and when she can't talk her way past him, she shoots him in the heart.

20. Who is the following quote from? "The road is cleared. We are going back to the world".

Answer: John Galt

That is what John Galt said at the end of 'Atlas Shrugged', when he declared the strike to be over.

Source: Author ashlybug

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