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

2. What does Toohey do with the contract between Roark and Peter when he gets it from Peter?
(a) He tears it to shreds.
(b) He puts it in a bottle and drops it in the ocean.
(c) He gives it back to Peter.
(d) He would like to burn it, but he turns it over to the DA.

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

4. What is the basic difference between Roark and Wynand?
(a) Wynand came from privilege; Roark came from poverty.
(b) Roark wants to please everyone; Wynand wants to please only himself.
(c) Wynand wants to possess Dominique; Roark values only his freedom.
(d) Wynand wants to conquer other people; Roark wants to conquer himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Roark's commission at the end of the novel?

2. How does Toohey get his job back at the "Banner"?

3. In his own defense, how does Roark contrast himself as a creator with those who preach selflessness?

4. What special honor does Wynand give to Dominique?

5. What happens when a "Banner" reporter interviews Dominique?

Short Essay Questions

1. Roark can stand tall because everything he has done has been his alone and he bears the responsibility for its success or failure. How does this contrast with the attacks against Wynand's newspaper?

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

3. Toohey works hard to see that Roark is convicted. Why is he so intent on that outcome?

4. What is the significance of Peter's going once again to Roark when he cannot come up with a design for the Cortlandt Homes project?

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. How does the new drama critic plan to exercise power over the public?

7. Discuss the symbolism of the Wynand Building rising from Hell's Kitchen.

8. 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.

9. How does Wynand exonerate himself and regain his own integrity?

10. Describe how Gail Wynand's early childhood led to his great cynicism.

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