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

2. Why is Roark dissatisfied at the Snyte firm?
(a) He dislikes designing modern style buildings.
(b) His designs are altered by other architects.
(c) He gets credit for other people's work.
(d) No one wants to build his designs.

3. What brings about the downfall of Henry Cameron?
(a) The structural weaknesses of his designs
(b) The Columbian Exposition of Chicago
(c) His alcoholism
(d) His lack of social graces

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

5. When Dominique offers to have her marriage to Peter annulled, what is Roark's reaction?
(a) He threatens to tell Peter where she was that night.
(b) He says he does not want to marry Dominique ever.
(c) He says he will wait for her.
(d) He demands that she annul the marriage immediately.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Dominique disappointed in her relationship with Roark?

3. Why is the opening of the temple canceled?

4. When Peter suspects a man has changed Dominique, what does she tell him?

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

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. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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