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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 irony of Heyer's death?
(a) Peter decides to use his wealth to open his own firm.
(b) A clause in Heyer's will lets Peter inherit only if he does not become a partner.
(c) Francon decides he does not need a partner after all.
(d) Peter not only becomes a partner, he inherits Heyer's fortune.

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

3. Why is Dominique disappointed when she verifies that Roark is reading her articles?
(a) He uses them for the coffee grounds in the office.
(b) He has marked out many of the sentences.
(c) He becomes more violent when they meet.
(d) They do not seem to hurt him like she wants.

4. What does Peter do with his "world's most beautiful building" contest design?
(a) He reminds the Stanton professor that he graduated from there.
(b) He takes it to Roark for improvement.
(c) He asks Dominique to give him her suggestions.
(d) He tells Toohey which one is his.

5. What infuriates Dominique about the replacement fireplace?
(a) It is ugly.
(b) It has obscene carvings on it.
(c) Roark sends another workman to install it.
(d) It does not blend in with the architecture of the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it difficult for Peter Keating to decide what to do after graduation?

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

3. Why does Roark return to New York?

4. What is the socialist theme of Toomey's book, "Sermons in Stone"?

5. What does Peter learn from Francon?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Discuss Rand's use of premonition in chapter 12 when Katie shows up at Peter's apartment.

8. When Roark refuses to design a building according to Francon's specifications, he is fired. When he goes to see Gordon Prescott who wrote an article about giving young architects a chance, he is rebuffed. How do these events help to develop the theme of integrity?

9. Dominique writes that the Enright house is a "mockery to all the structures of the city." Most people believe that she is panning the building. What is her real meaning?

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

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