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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 18 | Part 4, Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What infuriates Dominique about the replacement fireplace?
(a) It is ugly.
(b) It has obscene carvings on it.
(c) It does not blend in with the architecture of the house.
(d) Roark sends another workman to install it.

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

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

4. Why are Toohey and Scarret worried about the marriage of Dominique and Wynand?
(a) They think Wynand will be around more after the marriage.
(b) They fear that Dominique will make changes in the paper.
(c) They think Dominique is making a personal mistake.
(d) They think Dominique plans to get them fired.

5. When the Heller house is finished, how is it received?
(a) Everyone now wants houses designed by Roark.
(b) Peter Keating wants to design houses just like it.
(c) It is either ignored or ridiculed.
(d) It gets rave reviews from Ellsworth Toohey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What underhanded trick do the Aquitania Hotel developers play that backfires on them?

2. Wynand once threatened to kill Roark and Dominique if they got together. Why does he not do it?

3. What does Toohey demand be done with Roark?

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

5. What happens when Roark shows up uninvited at Dominique's door?

(see the answer key)

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