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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Avis' father think of the circumstances surrounding the publication of his book and subsequent events?
(a) A long-forgotten compromise.
(b) An adventure.
(c) A folly.
(d) A regrettable mistake.

2. What are the two circumstances of time in discussion in the Iron Heel?
(a) Marxist present and Fascist future.
(b) Socialist revolution and Utopian future.
(c) Anarchical present and Tyrannical future.
(d) Utopian present and Dystopian future.

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

4. What does the person that challenges Everhard say will happen to revolutionaries in Chapter 4?
(a) Defeated by popular vote.
(b) Win in a landslide election.
(c) Crushed by violence.
(d) Be moved to camps.

5. What is the nickname that Everhard gives to the intellectual class?
(a) Metaphysicians.
(b) Philanderers.
(c) Trust betrayers.
(d) Worrymongers.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many months is Avis imprisoned without charge in Chapter 17?

2. What are the soldiers wearing that attended the speech in Chapter 16?

3. What does Wickson offer Everhard in Chapter 6?

4. What does Everhard believe will continue to fester and rot despite the art created by the Oligarchy in Chapter 14?

5. Who was the scientist responsible for many of the society-defining discoveries of the era?

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