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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Peter suspects a man has changed Dominique, what does she tell him?
(a) She is in love with Roark.
(b) Toohey has changed her attitude toward men.
(c) A quarry worker changed her.
(d) She must find the quarry worker again.

2. What does Jimmy Gowans want Roark to design and build for him?
(a) An office building
(b) A gas station
(c) A hotel
(d) A house like Heller's

3. Why does Peter Keating offer to do Davis' work after hours?
(a) Peter has nothing better to do.
(b) It gives him a chance to learn more about design.
(c) It is his plan to replace Davis as chief draftsman.
(d) Peter is always thinking of others more than himself.

4. What is the irony of Heyer's death?
(a) Peter decides to use his wealth to open his own firm.
(b) A clause in Heyer's will lets Peter inherit only if he does not become a partner.
(c) Peter not only becomes a partner, he inherits Heyer's fortune.
(d) Francon decides he does not need a partner after all.

5. What happens to the sculptor Mallory?
(a) He goes to prison for twenty years.
(b) He receives a suspended sentence.
(c) He skips out on his bail.
(d) He is sentenced to die.

6. 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 invites him to a candlelight dinner.
(c) She threatens to have him fired from the quarry.
(d) She fakes falling off her horse near the quarry.

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

8. Why does Roark agree to go to the Holcombe party?
(a) He has not eaten in several days.
(b) He respects Peter and Toohey so much.
(c) He wants to reject working for Holcombe.
(d) He knows Dominique will be there.

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

10. Where does Peter finally get to meet Dominique?
(a) At a party given by Kiki Holcombe
(b) In her father's office
(c) At the opening of his latest building
(d) At a rally where Ellsworth Toohey is speaking

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

12. Why is it difficult for Peter Keating to decide what to do after graduation?
(a) He knows he is a better architect than Roark.
(b) He is torn between his own desires and what others think he should do.
(c) He understands that people do not really like him.
(d) His mother wants him to accept a scholarship in Paris.

13. When Peter hears that Toohey has been shot, what is his first concern?
(a) That Katie will not marry him after that.
(b) That Toohey's favorable article about him might not get published.
(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.

14. Why does Cameron fire Roark?
(a) Roark's work is sub-standard.
(b) Roark is insubordinate.
(c) The other draftsmen do not like Roark.
(d) He believes that working for him will harm Roark's career.

15. What does Roark do to help Peter?
(a) He corrects Peter's design for a new building.
(b) He introduces Peter to Dominique Francon.
(c) He gives Peter lessons at night.
(d) He starts doing all of Perer's work for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dominique feel about Roark in Connecticut?

2. What stands in the way of Peter's becoming a full partner with Francon?

3. What event in Toohey's childhood marks the beginning of his conflict with the bright and the beautiful?

4. What is the chief reaction of the public to Stoddard's temple?

5. Why does Roark hire Mallory to make the sculpture for the temple he is building?

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