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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 9 | Part 1, Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter learn from Francon?
(a) How to improve his designs
(b) The social skills needed for success
(c) The need to avoid Ellsworth Toomey
(d) How to become an independent thinker

2. What is the unexpected coincidence involving Katie Halsey?
(a) She happens to be the niece of Ellsworth Toomey.
(b) She accidentally runs into Peter at the museum.
(c) She is good friends with Dominique Francon.
(d) She moves from Boston to New York to be with Peter.

3. Why is it difficult for Peter Keating to decide what to do after graduation?
(a) He understands that people do not really like him.
(b) His mother wants him to accept a scholarship in Paris.
(c) He is torn between his own desires and what others think he should do.
(d) He knows he is a better architect than Roark.

4. What are Roark's criteria for designing a new building?
(a) Social mobility, fame, and wealth
(b) Beauty, size, and familiarity
(c) Materials, site, and purpose
(d) Bricks, location, and cost

5. Why does Peter Keating offer to do Davis' work after hours?
(a) It gives him a chance to learn more about design.
(b) Peter is always thinking of others more than himself.
(c) It is his plan to replace Davis as chief draftsman.
(d) Peter has nothing better to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Roark expelled from the Architectural School of the Stanton Institute of Technology?

2. What is Roark's philosophy about designing a building?

3. Where does Peter finally get to meet Dominique?

4. Why does Roark find himself unable to get a job?

5. Why does Francon contact Roark on the design of a new building?

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