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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. What is the next project Wynand wants Roark to take on?
(a) An addition to the Wynand house.
(b) The Wynand Building in Hell's Kitchen.
(c) The city courthouse.
(d) A vacation house in the Bahamas.

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

3. What legal right does Roark maintain gave him the authority to destroy Cortlandt Homes?
(a) The Fifth Amendment.
(b) Free speech.
(c) Breach of contract.
(d) His aesthetic superiority.

4. Who helps Roark blow up the Cortlandt Homes project?
(a) Mike.
(b) Wynand.
(c) Dominique.
(d) Peter.

5. What horrifies Dominique a month after the Wynand house is finished?
(a) Wynand tells Dominique that Roark must never be invited in.
(b) Wynand invites Roark to spend the night and he accepts.
(c) Wynand hates the house and wants to move.
(d) Wynand invites Roark to spend the night and he rejects the invitation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toohey begins to promote architecture that is stark and plain. Who gets the credit for the concept?

2. What do Roark and Wynand agree on as they look at the land Wynand bought for his house?

3. Why does Wynand go often to the building site where Roark is working?

4. What is Toohey's motivation to have Wynand meet Dominique?

5. Peter gets the design for "The March of the Centuries" exposition at the World's Fair. Why did Roark turn it down?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rand's message about public opinion as Wynand loses control over the "Banner"?

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. 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?

4. Discuss how Rand uses Dominique's perceptions of Wynand and Roark to distinguish between greatness and drive.

5. How does Rand use the conversation between Wynand and Roark on board the yacht to express her views on socialism?

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

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

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

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

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

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