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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Forward and Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who made their money off of the workers?
(a) Business owners.
(b) Capitalists.
(c) Proletariats.
(d) Socialists.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprisingly has come into effect that the book predicted?

2. Against what did London's socialist ideals exert tension or experience conflict with?

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

4. The tension between what two opposing interests is the driving force behind the plot of the Iron Heel?

5. Who does Dr. Cunningham prod to speak at the dinner event at his house?

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