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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. Who does Dr. Cunningham prod to speak at the dinner event at his house?
(a) Carson.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Everhard.
(d) Avis.

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

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

4. What did London profit from according to the contemporary author in his Introduction?
(a) Some of his popular seminars.
(b) Some of the drawbacks in society.
(c) Some of the sales of his previous books.
(d) Some of the observations of reporters.

5. What was secretly published during the three centuries of the Iron Heel?
(a) Jackson's letters.
(b) Avis' calligraphic reports.
(c) Dr. Cunningham's manuscripts.
(d) Everhard's books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the contemporary author that offers a perspective in the Introduction think of London's writing?

2. To whom did Avis create the manuscript in tribute of?

3. Since the death of his wife, what had Dr. Cunningham become?

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

5. What is the economic and philosophic theory that humanity should work together for the good of all humanity?

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