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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wynand do with the letter Roark sends him?
(a) Reads it and throws it away.
(b) Tears it up.
(c) Returns it unopened.
(d) Publishes it in the newspaper.

2. What does Katie feel for Peter when they meet by accident on the street?
(a) Anger.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Desire.
(d) Hope.

3. What does Peter discover is the real reason behind Toohey's socialist tirades?
(a) That Toohey really believes what he says.
(b) That Toohey is the only one who can save society.
(c) That Toohey plans to take over the world.
(d) That Toohey really wants power.

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

5. What is the irony of Roark's going to see Wynand about designing his house?
(a) Roark likes Wynand but hates his newspaper.
(b) Wynand's newspaper attacked Roark and Wynand has taken Dominique away.
(c) It is the only way Roark can now even see Dominique.
(d) Roark is now prepared to compromise his principles.

6. How does Dominique discover that Roark will be the architect for her new house?
(a) Toohey calls to tell her.
(b) She reads about it in the newspaper.
(c) She recognizes his style when she sees the drawings.
(d) She has a dream that tells her Roark will re-enter her life.

7. What is it that Peter does not understand, has never understood, about Roark?
(a) That Roark is as much a fake as he is.
(b) That Roark always holds out for more money.
(c) That Roark just wants to be controversial and difficult.
(d) That Roark's finished work is the only thing important to him.

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

9. What is the meaning of the name of Wynand's yacht, the "I do"?
(a) It means I like to be married.
(b) It means I can do as I please.
(c) It means I do run things.
(d) It means I do own a yacht.

10. How do we know that Wynand is not always aware of what his newspaper prints?
(a) He asks for all the articles on Roark after his visit.
(b) He never comes in to the newspaper office.
(c) He trusts his writers to write with integrity.
(d) He has to ask Dominique who Roark is.

11. What finally persuades Wynand to meet Dominique?
(a) He thinks Toohey will not give him the sculpture if he does not agree to meet her.
(b) He wants to meet the model for the statue.
(c) Toohey threatens to resign if he will not meet with her.
(d) He learns that Dominique is married.

12. Where does Wynand feel the best setting is for Roark?
(a) On his yacht.
(b) In a house like the one he's building for Wynand.
(c) In a board room.
(d) At an unfinished building site.

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

14. How does Wynand react when he discovers that Dominique helped Roark destroy Cortlandt Homes?
(a) He writes editorials condemning Roark.
(b) He threatens to expose them.
(c) He approves.
(d) He becomes intently jealous.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Roark define "selflessness"?

3. Why does Wynand go often to the building site where Roark is working?

4. How does Dominique compare the success of Ike's play with the destruction of Roark's temple?

5. After looking at the Cortlandt Homes designs, who recognizes immediately that they were drawn by Roark?

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