The Fountainhead Study Guide

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?

• A famous European monument
• The first building Peter Keating designed
• Howard Roark's home
• The Stanton Institute of Technology

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

• shabby
• luxurious
• tasteful
• slovenly