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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What causes Wynand to lose respect for integrity?
(a) He discovers that writers often do not believe their own words.
(b) He decides that only crime pays.
(c) He knows that he cannot be honest with anyone.
(d) He does not lose respect for integrity. He always insists that all reporters tell the truth.

3. Why does the new drama critic at the "Banner" promote Ike's new play that everyone says is bad?
(a) He wants to make Toohey look stupid.
(b) He wants people to think it is good because he said so.
(c) He really knows nothing about being a drama critic.
(d) He feels sorry for Ike and wants to help him.

4. What legal right does Roark maintain gave him the authority to destroy Cortlandt Homes?
(a) Free speech.
(b) Breach of contract.
(c) The Fifth Amendment.
(d) His aesthetic superiority.

5. Why does Wynand say he will not destroy Dominique?
(a) She agreed to marry him.
(b) He does not know how.
(c) She is more powerful than he is.
(d) She is a woman.

6. What common trait in both Wynand and Roark does Dominique notice?
(a) Neither of them satisfies her sexually.
(b) They both have the same lack of integrety.
(c) They both want people to love them.
(d) They are both uncomfortable in large crowds.

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

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

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

10. How does Dominique continue to punish herself?
(a) She attempts to seduce Roark one more time.
(b) She gives Roark to Wynand instead of trying to break up their friendship.
(c) She becomes an alcoholic.
(d) She locks herself in her bedroom.

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

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

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

14. Who comes to help Wynand when the union strikes and there is no staff at the newspaper?
(a) Peter.
(b) Dominique.
(c) Toohey.
(d) Roark.

15. What does Roark discover about Cortlandt Homes when he returns for the sailing trip with Wynand?
(a) The project is just as he designed it.
(b) His designs were faulty.
(c) Peter decided to change the plans.
(d) The plans were changed from his design.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his own defense, how does Roark contrast himself as a creator with those who preach selflessness?

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

3. How does Wynand try to manipulate Roark?

4. What is the basic difference between Roark and Wynand?

5. What does Peter do when he cannot figure out how to design the Cortlandt Homes project?

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