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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. How does Peter Keating get rid of Claude Stengle?
2. What event prevents Peter from marrying Katie?
3. What is the unexpected coincidence involving Katie Halsey?
4. What does Peter think of Roark's design for the Enright house?
5. What is the conflict between Francon and Gail Wynand?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain how Snyte's idea of building by committee underscores the failure to deliver what the client wants.
2. When Roark refuses to design a building according to Francon's specifications, he is fired. When he goes to see Gordon Prescott who wrote an article about giving young architects a chance, he is rebuffed. How do these events help to develop the theme of integrity?
3. Toohey successfully manipulates Stoddard into hiring Roark to design and build his "temple." When it is finished, Toohey creates an uproar among the public by denouncing it as "blasphemy." Although Dominique regrets the public reaction, she still agrees to testify for Stoddard in the lawsuit he files. How does Dominique explain her actions?
4. Both Dominique and Toohey want to destroy Roark's career. Contrast their reasons for wanting to do so.
5. Dominique writes that the Enright house is a "mockery to all the structures of the city." Most people believe that she is panning the building. What is her real meaning?
6. Considering the number of jobs Roark did not get or turned down, explain the difference between Roark and Peter Keating.
7. What is meant by the description of the Stoddard temple as being "like a corpse hacked to pieces and reassembled?"
8. Contrast the difference between Roark and Peter as they attend Kiki Holcombe's party.
9. Discuss the significance of Peter's intimidation by Lois Cook.
10. Discuss Dominique's idea that beautiful things should not exist in the real world.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Pretend you are a book reviewer for a newspaper. Write your review and critique of "The Fountainhead."
Essay Topic 2
In no less than two handwritten pages, discuss the character of Dominique and why Francon thinks he failed her as a father.
Essay Topic 3
Kiki Holcombe is a follower, but not like the people Ellsworth Toohey controls. Kiki is shallow and only interested in social status. Write an essay expressing your feelings about social climbing and insincerity.
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