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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Scarret and Toohey hope for after Roark's visit?
(a) That Roark will finally leave the city.
(b) That Wynand will destroy him.
(c) That Wynand is thinking about selling the newspaper.
(d) That they can start writing good things about Roark.

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

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

4. What is Roark's commission at the end of the novel?
(a) He is building a house for him and Dominique.
(b) He is building the Wynand building in Hell's Kitchen.
(c) He is rebuilding the Cortlandt Homes project.
(d) He is working for Peter and building a new bank.

5. Why does Wynand go often to the building site where Roark is working?
(a) He wants to reassure himself that he made the right choice.
(b) He finds real peace when he goes there.
(c) He want to make sure Roark is following orders.
(d) He cannot remember from day to day what it looks like.

6. What is the condition for Peter's getting the Stoneridge Homes project?
(a) Peter must hire Mallory to do some sculptures.
(b) Peter must tell Francon he is using Dominique to get the job.
(c) Dominique must go alone with Wynand on a cruise.
(d) Dominique must stay married to Peter.

7. Where does Toohey insist that true freedom is found?
(a) In service to others.
(b) On a mountaintop.
(c) In political activism.
(d) On a deserted island.

8. What is the next project Wynand wants Roark to take on?
(a) An addition to the Wynand house.
(b) The Wynand Building in Hell's Kitchen.
(c) The city courthouse.
(d) A vacation house in the Bahamas.

9. 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 invites Roark to spend the night and he rejects the invitation.
(d) Wynand tells Dominique that Roark must never be invited in.

10. What sin does Peter confess after seeing Katie again?
(a) Not marrying her after sleeping with her.
(b) Leading her on when he never intended to marry her.
(c) Not taking his mother's advice to marry Katie.
(d) Not marrying her when he wanted to.

11. What condition does Roark place on doing the Cortlandt Homes design?
(a) No one can see the designs until the project is finished.
(b) Toohey must agree to Roark's involvement.
(c) Nothing can be changed on it.
(d) Peter will have to oversee the construction personally.

12. What becomes of Toohey?
(a) He goes to jail for attempting to kill Roark.
(b) He starts all over again at another newspaper.
(c) He commits suicide.
(d) He has a heart attack and dies.

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

14. 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 plans to get them fired.
(d) They think Dominique is making a personal mistake.

15. Although Wynand actually does love Dominique, what is more important to him in their relationship?
(a) That she is so different from him.
(b) That their marriage is romantic.
(c) That she is so influential in society.
(d) The fact that he owns her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Gail Wynand able to build the Wynand building after shutting down the "Banner"?

2. What legal right does Roark maintain gave him the authority to destroy Cortlandt Homes?

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

4. Who helps Roark blow up the Cortlandt Homes project?

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

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