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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. Who should share equally in both the responsibilities and the rewards according to London?
(a) The individual.
(b) The business owner.
(c) The collective.
(d) The proletariat.

2. What is the economic and philosophic theory that humanity should work together for the good of all humanity?
(a) Communism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Marxism.

3. Since the death of his wife, what had Dr. Cunningham become?
(a) A hard drinker.
(b) A demanding professor.
(c) A recluse.
(d) A dinner party sociologist.

4. Who was out of place from the beginning of the dinner event described in Chapter 1?
(a) Dr. Cunningham.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Avis.
(d) Everhard.

5. What does the Iron Heel also discuss as a method of self-preservation?
(a) Self-righteousness.
(b) Fearfulness.
(c) Ability to work.
(d) Ability to make fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who protests the treatment of workers at the risk of being discharged?

2. Who was London greatly influenced by in his writing?

3. Who made their money off of the workers?

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

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

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