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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 happens to the sculptor Mallory?
(a) He receives a suspended sentence.
(b) He skips out on his bail.
(c) He goes to prison for twenty years.
(d) He is sentenced to die.

2. Francon and Toomey agree about architecture for what reason?
(a) They both predict radical changes in how buildings are built.
(b) They both see architecture as having certain bounds and limitations.
(c) They both believe in capitalism.
(d) They are both socialists.

3. 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.

4. What spoils Peter's joy at winning the "most beautiful building" contest?
(a) He knows that it was Roark's work that helped him win.
(b) Roark demands money from Peter for the work he did.
(c) He does not really like the design.
(d) People think the contest was rigged.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is Roark dissatisfied at the Snyte firm?

4. What event marked the beginning of Roark's own architecture firm?

5. What is Lois Cook's criteria for her new house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what way does Mrs. Keating represent all the obstacles Roark will have to face to be true to himself?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. Discuss Dominique's idea that beautiful things should not exist in the real world.

10. At the beginning of the novel, Howard Roark stands naked on a granite cliff preparing to dive into the waves below. Describe how this scene sets the stage for the entire novel.

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