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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 underhanded trick do the Aquitania Hotel developers play that backfires on them?
(a) Over-selling the properties by 200% in the hopes they would go bankrupt.
(b) Hiring Roark so that everyone would think he was responsible for the bankruptcy.
(c) Refusing to pay Roark when the project was late being finished.
(d) Knowing they were going backrupt, they sold properties anyway.

2. Who takes over the Cortlandt Homes project?
(a) Dominique Francon.
(b) Gail Wynand.
(c) Roger Enright.
(d) Ellsworth Toohey.

3. What does Wynand admit to Roark?
(a) That he does not actually own the Banner.
(b) That the Banner's support of Roark had actually hurt him.
(c) That the Banner cannot hurt Roark.
(d) That he has no money left.

4. When does Peter become the head of the architecture firm?
(a) When Neil Durant becomes a partner.
(b) When Dominique decides not to divorce him.
(c) When Toohey buys an interest in the firm.
(d) When Francon retires.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finally tells Gail Wynand the name of the sculptor who did the statue Toohey gave him?

2. How is Gail Wynand able to build the Wynand building after shutting down the "Banner"?

3. Where is Katie living now?

4. What does Katie feel for Peter when they meet by accident on the street?

5. What special honor does Wynand give to Dominique?

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. Describe the situation when Wynand sees that he has underestimated Toohey and is in danger of losing the paper.

3. What is the danger in Wynand's new found moral attitude after he comes under the influence of Roark?

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

5. Contrast Peter's situation when he goes to get help once again with Roark's willingness to take on the Cortlandt Homes project.

6. At the end of the novel, Dominique experiences a number of emotions while looking at the Wynand Building. What significance do these moments have to the story?

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

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

9. When Roark goes to meet with Wynand about building his house, he goes to the "Banner" planning to reject the commission. Describe how and why the meeting changes Roark's mind.

10. Unlike Roark whose drive is centered on self-control and perfecting his work, Wynand is driven by revenge and breaking people who have wronged him. How does he try to dominate Roark and with what result?

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