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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the unexpected coincidence involving Katie Halsey?
(a) She is good friends with Dominique Francon.
(b) She happens to be the niece of Ellsworth Toomey.
(c) She moves from Boston to New York to be with Peter.
(d) She accidentally runs into Peter at the museum.

2. After Sutton hired Roark, he subsequently fired him. What reason did he give Roark?
(a) That Roark did not design the building they agreed on.
(b) That Peter will bring him more publicity.
(c) That Dominique convinced him to hire Peter instead.
(d) That Enright says Roark is too expensive.

3. How does Dominique get her information to write an article about the slums?
(a) She interviews people who once lived in the slums.
(b) She confronts the owners of the slums.
(c) She goes to live in the slums.
(d) She has a photographer go and take pictures of the slums.

4. What spoils Peter's joy at winning the "most beautiful building" contest?
(a) He knows that it was Roark's work that helped him win.
(b) People think the contest was rigged.
(c) He does not really like the design.
(d) Roark demands money from Peter for the work he did.

5. Why does Katie show up at the apartment of Peter and his mother?
(a) She had a sudden fear that something was wrong.
(b) She was overly fond of Peter's mother.
(c) She wanted to break her engagement to Peter.
(d) She wants to warn Peter about Dominique.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event in Toohey's childhood marks the beginning of his conflict with the bright and the beautiful?

2. What is the conflict between Francon and Gail Wynand?

3. What brings about the downfall of Henry Cameron?

4. What happens to the sculptor Mallory?

5. What are Roark's criteria for designing a new building?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character flaws in Peter Keating in regard to both Heyer's death and his winning the Cosmo-Slotnik competition.

2. Considering the number of jobs Roark did not get or turned down, explain the difference between Roark and Peter Keating.

3. Toohey successfully manipulates Stoddard into hiring Roark to design and build his "temple." When it is finished, Toohey creates an uproar among the public by denouncing it as "blasphemy." Although Dominique regrets the public reaction, she still agrees to testify for Stoddard in the lawsuit he files. How does Dominique explain her actions?

4. Discuss Dominique's idea that beautiful things should not exist in the real world.

5. How do the conflicting passions of Roark and Dominique result in an act of violence?

6. In 1892, Henry Cameron was the most promising architect of his day, having introduced the idea of the skyscraper. One year later, the popular classical designs of the Columbian Exposition of Chicago ruined Cameron's career. How does Ayn Rand use this to introduce the ideas of individualism versus socialistic dogma?

7. Discuss the significance of Peter's intimidation by Lois Cook.

8. Even after Dominique gives testimony that should have swayed the jury, Stoddard wins the lawsuit. Gail Wynand cables the "Banner" to fire Dominique. What is the significance of Dominique's reaction to being fired?

9. Identify and explain two events from Toohey's childhood which began a pattern of behavior he uses in adulthood.

10. What is meant by the description of the Stoddard temple as being "like a corpse hacked to pieces and reassembled?"

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