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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 indicates that John Eric Snyte regretted firing Roark?
(a) He wants to please Austen Heller who likes Roark.
(b) He now believes that Roark will become the greatest architect of the day.
(c) He believes he can control Roark if he is working for Snyte's firm.
(d) He tries to lure him back into his firm with an offer of more money.

2. Why does Francon contact Roark on the design of a new building?
(a) Peter is out of town and does not want the job.
(b) Francon knows Roark will compromise with his ideas of classicism.
(c) Francon secretly admires Roark's independent ideas.
(d) The client rejected all of the designs Francon presented to them.

3. What event in Toohey's childhood marks the beginning of his conflict with the bright and the beautiful?
(a) He sprays water on Johnny Stokes' new suit.
(b) He makes fun of his parents.
(c) He took candy to do other students' homework.
(d) He only attends parties of popular students.

4. Why does Cameron eventually hire Roark?
(a) He thinks he can intimidate Roark.
(b) Roark will bring public acceptance to Cameron's firm.
(c) Roark agrees that he has a lot to learn.
(d) Roark was the top student at Architectural School of the Stanton Institute of Technology.

5. What happens to the temple that is now a home for "subnormal children"?
(a) It is hidden by vines and trees.
(b) Many architects make additions and changes to it.
(c) It is left just the way Roark designed it.
(d) It is torn down and rebuilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who actually does the designs for Francon and Heyer?

2. Why is Roark dissatisfied at the Snyte firm?

3. Why does Roark return to New York?

4. When Peter feels the stress of the strike, where does he go with Katie?

5. What brings about the downfall of Henry Cameron?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Both Dominique and Toohey want to destroy Roark's career. Contrast their reasons for wanting to do so.

3. After being fired from her job, Dominique begins a series of self-punishments. How does Peter Keating come into this picture?

4. Explain how Roark's getting his hands dirty at a building site wins over the admiration of the electrician, Mike.

5. 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?

6. Peter's lack of integrity comes to light in his efforts to get Claude Stengel's job. How does the method he uses to accomplish his purpose relate to the theme of the book?

7. 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?

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

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

10. Dominique and Roark meet as strangers without names. Like the moth to the flame, Dominique is drawn back again and again to watch Roark at the quarry. Discuss the significance of Roark's domination of Dominique.

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