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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. When Peter hears that Toohey has been shot, what is his first concern?
(a) That Roark finally snapped after Toohey's attacks on his buildings.
(b) That Toohey will think Peter was the one who tried to kill him.
(c) That Katie will not marry him after that.
(d) That Toohey's favorable article about him might not get published.

2. What did Toohey think was a "cosmic joke?"
(a) That Lois Cook decides to take her job to Roark.
(b) That Peter turns down designing Lois Cook's house.
(c) That Peter rejects Katie for Lois Cook.
(d) That Peter does not understand Lois Cook.

3. 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.

4. What event marked the beginning of Roark's own architecture firm?
(a) When Peter secretly put up the money.
(b) Heller's check written out to Howard Roark, Architect.
(c) Snyte offering him a full partnership.
(d) The death of Henry Cameron.

5. When Peter suspects a man has changed Dominique, what does she tell him?
(a) Toohey has changed her attitude toward men.
(b) A quarry worker changed her.
(c) She must find the quarry worker again.
(d) She is in love with Roark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the irony of Heyer's death?

2. What was the result of Dominique's articles on the slums?

3. How does Peter go about getting rid of Heyer?

4. What indicates that John Eric Snyte regretted firing Roark?

5. What does Jimmy Gowans want Roark to design and build for him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. Contrast the difference between Roark and Peter as they attend Kiki Holcombe's party.

6. 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?

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

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

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

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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