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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Katie show up at the apartment of Peter and his mother?
(a) She had a sudden fear that something was wrong.
(b) She wanted to break her engagement to Peter.
(c) She wants to warn Peter about Dominique.
(d) She was overly fond of Peter's mother.

2. What does Toohey say about himself that other people think he is joking about?
(a) He says that he really does not understand architecture.
(b) He says that he is a dangerous man.
(c) He says that only he knows how to design buildings.
(d) He says that he is not a humanitarian.

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

4. What best describes Peter's proposal to Katie?
(a) It is his only way to get close to Ellsworth Toomey.
(b) It is romantic and exciting.
(c) It is to get back at Dominique Francon.
(d) It is lukewarm and emotionless.

5. What happened to the Sanford house after it was completed?
(a) It became the standard for all other new homes.
(b) Mrs. Sanford changed it to look like other houses.
(c) Mrs. Sanford refused to live in it.
(d) It got high praise from the Architect's Guild of America.

6. Why is the opening of the temple canceled?
(a) Stoddard is horrified at the design.
(b) It is postponed because there needs to be more publicity.
(c) Mallory has not finished the stature.
(d) Toohey is not ready to destroy Roark.

7. Why does Cameron eventually hire Roark?
(a) Roark was the top student at Architectural School of the Stanton Institute of Technology.
(b) He thinks he can intimidate Roark.
(c) Roark will bring public acceptance to Cameron's firm.
(d) Roark agrees that he has a lot to learn.

8. After Sutton hired Roark, he subsequently fired him. What reason did he give Roark?
(a) That Dominique convinced him to hire Peter instead.
(b) That Peter will bring him more publicity.
(c) That Roark did not design the building they agreed on.
(d) That Enright says Roark is too expensive.

9. When Dominique offers to have her marriage to Peter annulled, what is Roark's reaction?
(a) He says he will wait for her.
(b) He demands that she annul the marriage immediately.
(c) He says he does not want to marry Dominique ever.
(d) He threatens to tell Peter where she was that night.

10. What does Peter think of Roark's design for the Enright house?
(a) He thinks it is Roark's greatest work.
(b) He thinks his next house will look like that.
(c) He thinks it does not look like a building.
(d) He thinks Enright will reward Roark.

11. What does Dominique want to do to Roark?
(a) She wants to marry him.
(b) She wants to make him apologize for raping her.
(c) She wants to destroy him as an architect.
(d) She wants to make him a star.

12. At the firm of John Eric Snyte, what type of building design is assigned to Roark?
(a) Classical
(b) Renaissance
(c) Modern
(d) Colonial

13. Why does Henry Cameron retire?
(a) He thinks Roark is taking business from him.
(b) His business is a failure.
(c) He has enough money to live on for the rest of his life.
(d) He loses the use of his eyes.

14. What happens to the sculptor Mallory?
(a) He is sentenced to die.
(b) He skips out on his bail.
(c) He receives a suspended sentence.
(d) He goes to prison for twenty years.

15. What is Roark's philosophy about designing a building?
(a) He thinks buildings should not be pleasing to the eye.
(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 believes his ideas should come from great architects of the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Toohey think was a "cosmic joke?"

2. Why is Roark dissatisfied at the Snyte firm?

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

4. What indicates that John Eric Snyte regretted firing Roark?

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

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