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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 8 | Part 4, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Roark find himself unable to get a job?
(a) He has a public reputation for failure.
(b) He is seen as a lacky for Francon and Heyer.
(c) His performance at school was too exceptional.
(d) He is supported by Gordon Prescott, a hated journalist.

2. How does Peter go about getting rid of Heyer?
(a) He informs Francon that Heyer is embezzling from the company.
(b) He plays up his friendship with the old man.
(c) He confronts him with a shady business deal Heyer once made.
(d) He puts medication in Heyer's coffee that causes him to have a stroke.

3. What do people say about Roark's work after the opening of the Enright house?
(a) It is the new direction all architecture will follow.
(b) It is a work of genius.
(c) It is an improvement over the classical style.
(d) It is cold and inhuman.

4. What does Toohey call the "Unfinished Symphony"?
(a) The Aquitania Hotel project.
(b) The Cosmo-Slotnik building.
(c) Mallory's career as a sculptor.
(d) His plan to destroy Roark.

5. When Peter hears that Toohey has been shot, what is his first concern?
(a) That Toohey's favorable article about him might not get published.
(b) That Toohey will think Peter was the one who tried to kill him.
(c) That Katie will not marry him after that.
(d) That Roark finally snapped after Toohey's attacks on his buildings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the irony of Heyer's death?

2. What horrifies Dominique a month after the Wynand house is finished?

3. Toohey begins to promote architecture that is stark and plain. Who gets the credit for the concept?

4. Why does Peter Keating offer to do Davis' work after hours?

5. What happens when Roark and Dominique meet up at the Holcombe party?

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