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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who works with the board of directors to save the paper?
(a) Toohey.
(b) Dominique.
(c) Mallory.
(d) Scarret.

3. After Dominique returns from Reno, where are she and Wynand married?
(a) On board Wynand's yacht.
(b) At the Noyes-Belmont Hotel.
(c) At city hall.
(d) In the Banner building.

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

5. 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 asks for all the articles on Roark after his visit.
(d) He never comes in to the newspaper office.

6. How does Toohey react when Wynand forbids any mention of Roark in the "Banner"?
(a) Toohey plans to write a book attacking Roark.
(b) Toohey goes out and gets drunk.
(c) Toohey goes into a rage.
(d) Toohey smiles.

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

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

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

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

11. Why is Peter unhappy in his marriage?
(a) Dominique still refuses to sleep with him.
(b) Dominique will not talk to him except at parties.
(c) Dominique always compares him to Roark.
(d) Dominique is compliant and agrees with anything he says.

12. How does Wynand get the last laugh on Toohey.
(a) He rewrites everything Toohey does.
(b) He puts Toohey's articles in the sports section.
(c) He buys out the stock holders and shuts down the paper.
(d) He pushes Toohey into the presses, killing him.

13. Who visits Peter after he goes into seclusion?
(a) Katie.
(b) Dominique.
(c) Toohey.
(d) Roark.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does Toohey get his job back at the "Banner"?

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

5. How does Dominique feel about the Wynand building?

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