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The Fountainhead Quiz 1

  • 1. The Fountainhead begins in what year?
    •     1898
    •     1921
    •     1922
    •     1930

  • 2. Part I is named after which character?
    •     Peter Keating
    •     Henry Cameron
    •     Austen Heller
    •     Howard Roark

  • 3. Where does Howard Roark go to relax?
    •     The Dana Building in New York
    •     The gothic Cathedral at the center of town
    •     Mrs. Keating's front porch
    •     The lake at Stanton

  • 4. Mrs. Keating suggests which job to Howard Roark after she learns of his expulsion?
    •     A salesman
    •     A teacher
    •     A builder
    •     A plumber

  • 5. "The fortress was eminently suited to its purpose, with stout, brick walls, a few slits wide enough for sentries ..." This passage describes which building?
    •     The Stanton Institute of Technology
    •     A famous European monument
    •     The first building Peter Keating designed
    •     Howard Roark's home

  • 6. The dean tells Roark that he needs to think of this when he designs buildings.
    •     The client
    •     Posterity
    •     Himself
    •     The past

  • 7. Guy Francon says the "three eternal entities" are:
    •     Art, Architecture, Design
    •     Truth, Love, Beauty
    •     Form, Utility, Material
    •     Utility, Beauty, Integrity

  • 8. Peter Keating wins a four-year scholarship to which school?
    •     The Beaux-Arts
    •     Any school of his choice
    •     Maison Caree
    •     The Stanton Institute

  • 9. Whom does Peter wire on the day of his graduation?
    •     Catherine Halsey
    •     His mother
    •     Guy Francon
    •     No one

  • 10. Peter Keating thinks Catherine's uncle's home is
    •     slovenly
    •     shabby
    •     luxurious
    •     tasteful

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