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

2. What group's members become separated by a higher lifestyle, thus creating a caste system in Chapter 15?
(a) Revolutionists.
(b) Grangers.
(c) Favored Unions.
(d) Mercenaries.

3. 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) Utopian present and Dystopian future.
(d) Anarchical present and Tyrannical future.

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

5. Who preaches a sermon that invokes the ire of the Oligarchy?
(a) Everhard.
(b) Carson.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Bishop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the forces against which London struggled as an individual and against which the revolutionaries struggle in his book?

2. What is the name of Avis' father's book?

3. What do the workers in both countries do that stop working for a week in Chapter 13?

4. Who was Avis surprised to see at one of her father's social events?

5. What two countries go to war in Chapter 13?

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