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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. What rumor do Matthew's operatives spread about the chairman of the strike for the mill workers in Chapter 7?

2. What does the doctor who delivered Helen's baby offer to do to avoid a scandal in Chapter 12?

3. Whose picture is on the cover of the newspaper in Chapter 12?

4. Who is worried that people will not fall for Matthew's white supremacy argument to win people over in Chapter 8?

5. Dr. Buggerie tells Snobbcraft in Chapter 11 that he believes Matthew used to be what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Buggerie reveal about Snobbcraft's ancestry in Chapter 11? What of the other candidates?

2. How are the opposing Presidential candidates presented in Chapter 10?

3. How many sanitariums are still running in Chapter 10? What are lying-in hospitals developed for?

4. What word does Matthew receive of a strike in Chapter 7? Where does he go?

5. In what way does Matthew cheat everyone involved in the strike in Chapter 7?

6. What does Dr. Buggerie inform Snobbcraft about the data in Chapter 11?

7. What is notable about the broadcasting company name in Chapter 9?

8. How does Matthew discredit the chairman of the strike in Chapter 7?

9. Why are Democrats worried about losing votes in Chapter 8?

10. Why does Rufus Kretin meet with Matthew in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the history of labor unions in the United States. When, where and why did labor unions first organize? What is the difference between unionizing in the North and the South?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss the literary term "antihero." How does this term apply to the character of Max Disher?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the politics of the 1930s and their depiction in the novel. How are the politicians shown to be corrupt in the narrative?

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