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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what ticket does Everhard run for Congress in in Chapter 7?
(a) Socialist.
(b) Communist.
(c) Oligarchist.
(d) Anarchist.

2. What does Avis do for the Bishop's speech in Chapter 6?
(a) Edit it.
(b) Transcribe it.
(c) Write it.
(d) Hide it.

3. Who does Dr. Cunningham invite to his dinner in Chapter 7?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Everhard.
(d) Avis.

4. What does Avis accuse the group that Everhard talks to of doing in Chapter 4?
(a) Being selfish.
(b) Mismanaging society.
(c) Being lazy.
(d) Lying profusely.

5. The tension between what two opposing interests is the driving force behind the plot of the Iron Heel?
(a) Workers and capitalists.
(b) Socialists and economists.
(c) Proletariats and socialists.
(d) Marxists and Fascists.

6. Since the death of his wife, what had Dr. Cunningham become?
(a) A dinner party sociologist.
(b) A hard drinker.
(c) A demanding professor.
(d) A recluse.

7. How does the anti-revolutionary movement change in Chapter 9?
(a) It grows in popularity.
(b) It becomes violent.
(c) It becomes peaceful.
(d) It dies out.

8. What does the person at Avis' home come to return?
(a) Tins and cans.
(b) Borrowed books.
(c) Ammunition supplies.
(d) Borrowed umbrella.

9. Who is the contemporary author that offers a perspective in the Introduction?
(a) Theodore Dryser.
(b) Jack London.
(c) George Orwell.
(d) H. Bruce Franklin.

10. To whom did Avis create the manuscript in tribute of?
(a) Her dead mother.
(b) Her dead father.
(c) Her dead husband.
(d) Her dead brother.

11. What happened during Jackson's trial in the name of family security?
(a) Cowardice and manipulation.
(b) Violence and self-deprecation.
(c) Selfishness and greed.
(d) Corruption and self-denial.

12. What does Avis realize she was complicit in doing by Chapter 3?
(a) Punishing her father.
(b) Betraying the Bishop.
(c) Imprisoning Everhard.
(d) Perpetuating the situation.

13. Against what is it necessary to have strength to prevent it from grinding "us down and walk[ing] upon our faces - from coming true?"
(a) Fascism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Iron Heel.
(d) Death.

14. What does the person that challenges Everhard say will happen to revolutionaries in Chapter 4?
(a) Win in a landslide election.
(b) Crushed by violence.
(c) Be moved to camps.
(d) Defeated by popular vote.

15. Who spoke to Avis about the legal and financial rightness of their positions?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Plumbers.
(c) Cultured wives.
(d) Iron workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Avis call Everhard?

2. Who is the only person that succeeds in arguing against Everhard in Chapter 4?

3. Who does the Bishop say has drifted from Christ's teaching of compassion?

4. Who does Avis believe that she will marry by Chapter 4?

5. What did London profit from according to the contemporary author in his Introduction?

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