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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Wynand once threatened to kill Roark and Dominique if they got together. Why does he not do it?
(a) He still likes Roark and does not want to harm him.
(b) He feels guilty about turning on Roark.
(c) He knows he would be the first suspect if they were murdered.
(d) He would rather kill himself.

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

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

5. How does Dominique discover that Roark will be the architect for her new house?
(a) She reads about it in the newspaper.
(b) Toohey calls to tell her.
(c) She has a dream that tells her Roark will re-enter her life.
(d) She recognizes his style when she sees the drawings.

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

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

8. What becomes of Gail Wynand?
(a) He sets fire to his house and dies in the flames.
(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 goes to sea and is lost.

9. What does Wynand do with the letter Roark sends him?
(a) Tears it up.
(b) Returns it unopened.
(c) Reads it and throws it away.
(d) Publishes it in the newspaper.

10. Where is Katie living now?
(a) Cortlandt Homes.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) With Toohey.
(d) Washington.

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

12. What is Toohey's motivation to have Wynand meet Dominique?
(a) He wants her to get Peter hired to design Wynand's Stoneridge Homes project.
(b) He now wants to destroy Peter.
(c) He wants Dominique to find out why Roark is a failure.
(d) He wants Dominique to divorce Peter and marry Wynand.

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

14. What is the meaning of the name of Wynand's yacht, the "I do"?
(a) It means I like to be married.
(b) It means I can do as I please.
(c) It means I do own a yacht.
(d) It means I do run things.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dominique continue to punish herself?

2. What is the irony of Roark's going to see Wynand about designing his house?

3. What sin does Peter confess after seeing Katie again?

4. What happens when a "Banner" reporter interviews Dominique?

5. How does Dominique get publicity that gets Wynand to divorce her?

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