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

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

3. When Peter feels the stress of the strike, where does he go with Katie?
(a) To help pass out leaflets
(b) To walk in the park
(c) To his apartment
(d) To hear a speech by Ellsworth Toohey

4. What is Roark's philosophy about designing a building?
(a) He believes the design should grow out of the purpose for the building.
(b) He thinks buildings should be shocking to the public.
(c) He thinks buildings should not be pleasing to the eye.
(d) He believes his ideas should come from great architects of the past.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Roark dissatisfied at the Snyte firm?

2. Why does the Dean consider Roark to be insubordinate?

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

4. How do the newspapers treat Henry Cameron's retirement?

5. What is the socialist theme of Toomey's book, "Sermons in Stone"?

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