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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dominique compare the success of Ike's play with the destruction of Roark's temple?
(a) She thinks the play is more important than the temple.
(b) She thinks the paper dealt fairly with both issues.
(c) She says they were both great achievements of the Banner.
(d) She thinks they were unaffected by the newspaper.

2. What does Toohey do with the contract between Roark and Peter when he gets it from Peter?
(a) He would like to burn it, but he turns it over to the DA.
(b) He tears it to shreds.
(c) He puts it in a bottle and drops it in the ocean.
(d) He gives it back to Peter.

3. Why does Wynand drop the gun after contemplating suicide?
(a) He has not made arrangements for someone to inherit.
(b) He remembers how he drove other people to suicide.
(c) He needs to get right with God.
(d) He has no fear of dying but is afraid of living.

4. What motivates Dominique to accept Wynand's marriage proposal?
(a) It is another means for her own self-punishment.
(b) She thinks it is another way to destroy Roark.
(c) It is just another accomplishment for her.
(d) She sees that Wynand has more money than Peter.

5. What does Toohey demand be done with Roark?
(a) He wants him executed.
(b) He wants to free Roark.
(c) He wants Roark to make a public apology.
(d) He wants Roark to rebuild using his original plans.

6. What gives evidence that Toohey intends to take over the "Banner"?
(a) He is secretly supporting the opposition to Wynand.
(b) He encourages Wynand to go on a long honeymoon.
(c) He tries to bring back Dominique.
(d) He starts buying Banner stock.

7. In his own defense, how does Roark contrast himself as a creator with those who preach selflessness?
(a) He says selflessness encourages creativity as a group effort.
(b) He says his position is wrong and he is sorry.
(c) He sees that he cannot win and throws himself on the mercy of the court.
(d) He says a creator's work pushes man forward while the others are parasites.

8. How did the "Banner" review of the play "No Skin Off Your Nose" affect its success?
(a) The public pans the play.
(b) It wins the Pulitzer Prize for drama.
(c) It became a smash hit.
(d) It closes right after opening.

9. How does Dominique get publicity that gets Wynand to divorce her?
(a) She reveals that she was the model who posed nude for Mallory's statue.
(b) She notifies the police that she is staying with Roark and a valuable ring has been stolen.
(c) She takes a job at a rival newspaper.
(d) She publicly files for divorce from Wynand.

10. What horrifies Dominique a month after the Wynand house is finished?
(a) Wynand invites Roark to spend the night and he accepts.
(b) Wynand hates the house and wants to move.
(c) Wynand tells Dominique that Roark must never be invited in.
(d) Wynand invites Roark to spend the night and he rejects the invitation.

11. When does Peter become the head of the architecture firm?
(a) When Dominique decides not to divorce him.
(b) When Toohey buys an interest in the firm.
(c) When Francon retires.
(d) When Neil Durant becomes a partner.

12. What happens when a "Banner" reporter interviews Dominique?
(a) Wynand fires the reporter.
(b) It becomes the first reference to the marriage in the press.
(c) Wynand locks Dominique in their penthouse.
(d) Dominique refuses to talk to her.

13. What is the sole evidence the prosecution enters against Roark?
(a) Dominique's testamony that she helped Roark.
(b) The detonator that had Roark's fingerprints on it.
(c) Peter's testimony and the agreement he had with Roark.
(d) Roark's confession that he blew up Cortlandt Homes.

14. Who helps Roark blow up the Cortlandt Homes project?
(a) Wynand.
(b) Peter.
(c) Mike.
(d) Dominique.

15. Who finally tells Gail Wynand the name of the sculptor who did the statue Toohey gave him?
(a) Roark
(b) Peter
(c) Dominique
(d) Mallory

Short Answer Questions

1. What in the relationship between Roark and Wynand is distressing to Dominique?

2. Why, according to Roark, was Peter destroyed?

3. Why are Toohey and Scarret worried about the marriage of Dominique and Wynand?

4. Why is Peter unhappy in his marriage?

5. What do Scarret and Toohey hope for after Roark's visit?

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