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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. Why does Roark return to New York?
(a) The quarry runs out of usable stone.
(b) Roark and Mike have a disagreement over Dominique.
(c) Roger Enright wants him to design his new house.
(d) Roark fears Dominique may charge him with rape.

2. What does Peter learn from Francon?
(a) How to become an independent thinker
(b) The need to avoid Ellsworth Toomey
(c) The social skills needed for success
(d) How to improve his designs

3. What event prevents Peter from marrying Katie?
(a) Peter's mother talks him out of the marriage.
(b) He regrets not being honest with Katie.
(c) He elopes with Dominique.
(d) Toohey locks Katie in her room to stop the wedding.

4. Why does Peter Keating offer to do Davis' work after hours?
(a) Peter has nothing better to do.
(b) It is his plan to replace Davis as chief draftsman.
(c) Peter is always thinking of others more than himself.
(d) It gives him a chance to learn more about design.

5. What does Peter think of Roark's design for the Enright house?
(a) He thinks it is Roark's greatest work.
(b) He thinks his next house will look like that.
(c) He thinks Enright will reward Roark.
(d) He thinks it does not look like a building.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Roark able to reopen his architecture business?

2. What happens when Roark and Dominique meet up at the Holcombe party?

3. What brings about the downfall of Henry Cameron?

4. Why is Roark expelled from the Architectural School of the Stanton Institute of Technology?

5. What indicates that Katie is disillusioned with "selflessness"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the similarities and differences between Howard Roark and Steven Mallory?

2. Discuss the idea of "ownership" in the relationship between Dominique and Roark.

3. Explain why Toohey supports the striking builders and how it fits in with his socialistic ideas.

4. Discuss Roark's idea that architectural form should follow function.

5. Discuss how Rand accuses critics of distorting reality when Peter finally meets Toohey.

6. Discuss the irony of Peter going to Roark for help with his Cosmo-Slotnik competition design.

7. 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?

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

9. As Cameron becomes ill and gives up, Roark continues to think for himself. At the same time, Ellsworth Toohey is gaining a larger following for his idea of collectivity versus individualism. How does this foreshadow the struggles that Roark will face?

10. Ellsworth Toohey praises Francon's Melton Building because of its horizontal lines as opposed to the vertical lines of Cameron's skyscrapers. In what way does he think the horizontal lines are superior?

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