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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Toohey think was a "cosmic joke?"
(a) That Peter turns down designing Lois Cook's house.
(b) That Lois Cook decides to take her job to Roark.
(c) That Peter does not understand Lois Cook.
(d) That Peter rejects Katie for Lois Cook.

2. What was the result of Dominique's articles on the slums?
(a) The landlords sell the slums.
(b) Dominique gets a new job in slum welfare.
(c) The landlords lower the rent on the slums.
(d) Waynand refuses to buy the slums.

3. What is Roark's philosophy about designing a building?
(a) He believes the design should grow out of the purpose for the building.
(b) He thinks buildings should be shocking to the public.
(c) He thinks buildings should not be pleasing to the eye.
(d) He believes his ideas should come from great architects of the past.

4. When Dominique offers to have her marriage to Peter annulled, what is Roark's reaction?
(a) He threatens to tell Peter where she was that night.
(b) He says he will wait for her.
(c) He demands that she annul the marriage immediately.
(d) He says he does not want to marry Dominique ever.

5. When Peter hears that Toohey has been shot, what is his first concern?
(a) That Toohey's favorable article about him might not get published.
(b) That Katie will not marry him after that.
(c) That Toohey will think Peter was the one who tried to kill him.
(d) That Roark finally snapped after Toohey's attacks on his buildings.

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

7. What happens when Roark shows up uninvited at Dominique's door?
(a) He takes her by force.
(b) He destroys the new fireplace.
(c) He refuses to make love to her.
(d) He tells her who he really is.

8. What is the chief reaction of the public to Stoddard's temple?
(a) They praise its originality.
(b) They call it blasphemy.
(c) They think it is a new religion.
(d) They like the building but hate the statue.

9. How does Dominique contrive to get Roark to her father's house in Connecticut?
(a) She damages the fireplace in her bedroom and asks him to repair it.
(b) She fakes falling off her horse near the quarry.
(c) She invites him to a candlelight dinner.
(d) She threatens to have him fired from the quarry.

10. What is Peter's condition when he visits Katie and insists they marry the following day?
(a) He is afraid that Katie will reject him.
(b) He is drunk.
(c) He is finally happy with his life.
(d) He is angry with himself for testifying in Roark's favor.

11. How does Dominique feel about Roark in Connecticut?
(a) She is both attracted to him and repelled by him.
(b) She thinks he is conceited because of his muscular body.
(c) She thinks that letting him stare at her gives her power over him.
(d) He makes her want to return to the city.

12. What indicates that John Eric Snyte regretted firing Roark?
(a) He believes he can control Roark if he is working for Snyte's firm.
(b) He now believes that Roark will become the greatest architect of the day.
(c) He wants to please Austen Heller who likes Roark.
(d) He tries to lure him back into his firm with an offer of more money.

13. What is the unexpected coincidence involving Katie Halsey?
(a) She accidentally runs into Peter at the museum.
(b) She happens to be the niece of Ellsworth Toomey.
(c) She is good friends with Dominique Francon.
(d) She moves from Boston to New York to be with Peter.

14. What is Lois Cook's criteria for her new house?
(a) It must be ugly and defy popular ideas of beauty.
(b) It must look like an Italian palace.
(c) It must have at least three floors.
(d) It must be the most beautiful house in New York.

15. What is Roark's attitude after being expelled from school?
(a) He is ashamed of himself for being so stupid.
(b) He thinks he was wrong to criticize the classical style.
(c) He believes he will never be an architect.
(d) He thinks being an architect will be more difficult but not impossible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the Sanford house after it was completed?

2. What is the real meaning behind Dominique's critique on the Enright house?

3. Why is it difficult for Peter Keating to decide what to do after graduation?

4. What does Peter think of Roark's design for the Enright house?

5. Before his death, what warning does Cameron give Roark?

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