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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. Where is Katie living now?
(a) Washington.
(b) With Toohey.
(c) Cortlandt Homes.
(d) Connecticut.

2. After blowing up the Cortlandt Homes housing project, what does Roark do?
(a) Gets Dominique to give him a false alibi.
(b) Kills himself.
(c) Turns himself over to the police.
(d) Leaves the country.

3. How does Dominique continue to punish herself?
(a) She locks herself in her bedroom.
(b) She gives Roark to Wynand instead of trying to break up their friendship.
(c) She becomes an alcoholic.
(d) She attempts to seduce Roark one more time.

4. What finally persuades Wynand to meet Dominique?
(a) He wants to meet the model for the statue.
(b) He learns that Dominique is married.
(c) Toohey threatens to resign if he will not meet with her.
(d) He thinks Toohey will not give him the sculpture if he does not agree to meet her.

5. Why is the defeat so devastating to Wynand?
(a) He cannot be a follower.
(b) He sees that he was right all the time.
(c) He trusts Toohey and now they are both out.
(d) He loses Dominique when he loses the paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Peter become the head of the architecture firm?

2. Why are Toohey and Scarret worried about the marriage of Dominique and Wynand?

3. What is the meaning of the name of Wynand's yacht, the "I do"?

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

5. Wynand once threatened to kill Roark and Dominique if they got together. Why does he not do it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the high price Wynand puts on Peter getting the Stoneridge Homes commission.

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

3. Toohey seems to be gaining the upper hand in his quest to take over the "Banner." What is the significance of the public turning against Wynand's publication?

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

5. 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?

6. Wynand begins to find some inner peace from visiting the building site of his new house. Discuss the reasons for this change in Wynand.

7. 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?

8. What do the reactions of Ellsworth Toohey and Alvah Scarret say about their political leanings?

9. Discuss how Roark's Monadnock Valley Resort is in opposition to everything Toohey stands for.

10. How does Roark's destruction of Cortland Homes relate to his sense of integrity?

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