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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. Why did people support the decision against Jackson?
(a) Because they feared losing support of their families.
(b) Because they were afraid of overheating.
(c) Because they were cowards.
(d) Because they were afraid of the Oligarchy.

2. What did the room where the dinner event was held in Chapter 1 consist mainly of?
(a) Dancers and strippers.
(b) Students and poor professors.
(c) Overweight and over dressed men.
(d) Underweight and stylish men.

3. Who does Avis become preoccupied with to the point of obsession?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Dr. Cunningham.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Everhard.

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

5. When was the Iron Heel published?
(a) Early 1920s.
(b) Early 1940s.
(c) Early 1900s.
(d) Early 1880s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the intellectual class love to hear the sound of in Chapter 1 according to Avis?

2. What does the Iron Heel also discuss as a method of self-preservation?

3. What leadership does Avis admire about Everhard?

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

5. What is based on the economic and philosophic principle that financial profit and reward and accumulation are the rightful reward of those with the passion and the drive to pursue them?

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