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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 happened to the Sanford house after it was completed?
(a) Mrs. Sanford refused to live in it.
(b) It got high praise from the Architect's Guild of America.
(c) Mrs. Sanford changed it to look like other houses.
(d) It became the standard for all other new homes.

2. Why is Roark fired from the Snyte firm?
(a) Roark's design for the Heller house was defective.
(b) He refused to work with Austen Heller.
(c) Austen Heller refused to allow Roark to design his house.
(d) He removed the work other architects added to his design for Austen Heller.

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

4. When the Heller house is finished, how is it received?
(a) Peter Keating wants to design houses just like it.
(b) It gets rave reviews from Ellsworth Toohey.
(c) Everyone now wants houses designed by Roark.
(d) It is either ignored or ridiculed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roark do to help Peter?

2. How does Dominique get her information to write an article about the slums?

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

4. Where does Dominique spend her wedding night?

5. What brings about the downfall of Henry Cameron?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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