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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 does Wynand do with the letter Roark sends him?
(a) Returns it unopened.
(b) Reads it and throws it away.
(c) Tears it up.
(d) Publishes it in the newspaper.

2. What is the sole evidence the prosecution enters against Roark?
(a) Roark's confession that he blew up Cortlandt Homes.
(b) Dominique's testamony that she helped Roark.
(c) Peter's testimony and the agreement he had with Roark.
(d) The detonator that had Roark's fingerprints on it.

3. Why does Toohey tell a policeman to arrest him?
(a) To keep him from murdering Wynand.
(b) To protect the guilty.
(c) So he can get the publicity.
(d) To protect the innocent.

4. What is it that Peter does not understand, has never understood, about Roark?
(a) That Roark just wants to be controversial and difficult.
(b) That Roark always holds out for more money.
(c) That Roark is as much a fake as he is.
(d) That Roark's finished work is the only thing important to him.

5. Where does Wynand feel the best setting is for Roark?
(a) On his yacht.
(b) In a board room.
(c) At an unfinished building site.
(d) In a house like the one he's building for Wynand.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Wynand react when he discovers that Dominique helped Roark destroy Cortlandt Homes?

2. What is Toohey's motivation to have Wynand meet Dominique?

3. What gives evidence that Toohey intends to take over the "Banner"?

4. What is the gift Toohey sends to Gail Wynand?

5. Why does Wynand drop the gun after contemplating suicide?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Wynand presents Dominique with a diamond necklace, they have two different takes on where the money came from to pay for it. What were those points of view and what did each one mean?

2. Roark can stand tall because everything he has done has been his alone and he bears the responsibility for its success or failure. How does this contrast with the attacks against Wynand's newspaper?

3. Roark tells Peter that "it is I who have destroyed you." Explain what he means by that statement.

4. How does Dominique use the story of the false theft of her diamond ring to take her stand for, instead of against, Roark?

5. How does Rand use the conversation between Wynand and Roark on board the yacht to express her views on socialism?

6. On board the yacht, how does Rand use the setting to voice her opposition to socialism?

7. Describe how Gail Wynand's early childhood led to his great cynicism.

8. What is Rand's message about public opinion as Wynand loses control over the "Banner"?

9. Discuss the meaning Rand places on the last meeting of Peter and Katie.

10. How does Wynand exonerate himself and regain his own integrity?

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