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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What best describes Peter's proposal to Katie?
2. When Peter suspects a man has changed Dominique, what does she tell him?
3. When Peter feels the stress of the strike, where does he go with Katie?
4. Why does Francon contact Roark on the design of a new building?
5. Why is it difficult for Peter Keating to decide what to do after graduation?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way does Mrs. Keating represent all the obstacles Roark will have to face to be true to himself?
2. Peter's lack of integrity comes to light in his efforts to get Claude Stengel's job. How does the method he uses to accomplish his purpose relate to the theme of the book?
3. Explain how Snyte's idea of building by committee underscores the failure to deliver what the client wants.
4. After being fired from her job, Dominique begins a series of self-punishments. How does Peter Keating come into this picture?
5. Identify and explain two events from Toohey's childhood which began a pattern of behavior he uses in adulthood.
6. Considering the number of jobs Roark did not get or turned down, explain the difference between Roark and Peter Keating.
7. Explain how Roark's getting his hands dirty at a building site wins over the admiration of the electrician, Mike.
8. 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?
9. What are the similarities and differences between Howard Roark and Steven Mallory?
10. Discuss the significance of Peter's intimidation by Lois Cook.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write two or three pages explaining what parts of Rand's philosophy you agree with and which parts you disagree with. Discuss examples such as her depictions of religion, labor unions, corporate boards of directors, and capitalists like the owners of Monadnock Valley project.
Essay Topic 2
In two or three handwritten pages, discuss Mrs. Keating as a mother. When she was hurrying Roark out of her rooming house to see the Dean, Rand writes that it was "as though she feared the decision [to expel Roark from Stanton] might be reversed." Why would she fear that? What does that tell you (1) about her character, and (2) what she really thought about Peter's ability?
Essay Topic 3
In no less than two handwritten pages, discuss the character of Dominique and why Francon thinks he failed her as a father.
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