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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the manuscript hidden?
(a) In a tavern.
(b) In a safe.
(c) Ancient oak tree.
(d) In a cave.

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

3. Against what did London's socialist ideals exert tension or experience conflict with?
(a) Socialist experience.
(b) Marxist experience.
(c) Fascist experience.
(d) Capitalist experience.

4. What are the forces against which London struggled as an individual and against which the revolutionaries struggle in his book?
(a) Marxism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Facism.
(d) Socialism.

5. What surprisingly has come into effect that the book predicted?
(a) Technological advancement.
(b) Food and agricultural changes.
(c) Disenfranchisement of the working poor.
(d) Causes and effects of the workers' movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was secretly published during the three centuries of the Iron Heel?

2. What are the two circumstances of time in discussion in the Iron Heel?

3. Why did people support the decision against Jackson?

4. What did Everhard elaborate on the relationship between?

5. What is the nickname that Everhard gives to the intellectual class?

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