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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finally tells Gail Wynand the name of the sculptor who did the statue Toohey gave him?
(a) Roark
(b) Dominique
(c) Peter
(d) Mallory

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

3. 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 Katie who is now seeing Roark.
(d) She is jealous of the people who still write for the newspaper.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What becomes of Gail Wynand?
(a) He goes to sea and is lost.
(b) He sees himself as dead and the Wynand building as his memorial marker.
(c) He jumps from the top of the Wynand building.
(d) He sets fire to his house and dies in the flames.

12. 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.

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

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

15. What do Gail Wynand and Dominique discuss when they go sailing?
(a) Politics
(b) Philosophy
(c) Religion
(d) The weather

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Roark's reaction to Peter's request that he design the Cortlandt Homes project for low rent housing?

2. What gives evidence that Toohey intends to take over the "Banner"?

3. Why does Wynand say he will not destroy Dominique?

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

5. Peter gets the design for "The March of the Centuries" exposition at the World's Fair. Why did Roark turn it down?

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