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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Dominique jealous after the house is built?
(a) She is jealous because she says Wynand loves her statue and not her.
(b) She is jealous of Roark's friendship with Wynand.
(c) She is jealous of the people who still write for the newspaper.
(d) She is jealous of Katie who is now seeing Roark.

3. 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 they were unaffected by the newspaper.
(c) She says they were both great achievements of the Banner.
(d) She thinks the paper dealt fairly with both issues.

4. How does Wynand try to manipulate Roark?
(a) He threatens to ruin Roark if he does not design according to Wynand's wishes.
(b) He reminds Roark that Toohey will attack his work if he does not agree with Wynand on everything.
(c) He has Roark promise never to use Mallory on any of his buildings.
(d) He threatens to see that Roark never sees Dominique again.

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

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

7. What is the gift Toohey sends to Gail Wynand?
(a) A copy of his book.
(b) A plaque for community service.
(c) The Mallory statue.
(d) A painting of the Banner building.

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

9. What is the basic difference between Roark and Wynand?
(a) Roark wants to please everyone; Wynand wants to please only himself.
(b) Wynand came from privilege; Roark came from poverty.
(c) Wynand wants to possess Dominique; Roark values only his freedom.
(d) Wynand wants to conquer other people; Roark wants to conquer himself.

10. What finally defeats Wynand?
(a) Selling off his stock in the paper.
(b) Changing his position on Roark.
(c) Public opinion.
(d) Accepting Toohey back at the paper.

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

12. How does Toohey get his job back at the "Banner"?
(a) By retracting everything bad he ever said about Roark.
(b) By blackmailing Scarret.
(c) By apologizing to Wynand.
(d) By court order.

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

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

15. On her way to Reno, why does Dominique stop over in Clayton, Ohio?
(a) She changes her mind about divorcing Peter.
(b) She is tired of the long train ride.
(c) Roark is there building a new building.
(d) Mallory is there waiting for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What motivates Dominique to accept Wynand's marriage proposal?

2. What does Wynand do with the letter Roark sends him?

3. What causes Wynand to lose respect for integrity?

4. How does Dominique feel about the Wynand building?

5. Who finally tells Gail Wynand the name of the sculptor who did the statue Toohey gave him?

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