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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22 through 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Against what is it necessary to have strength to prevent it from grinding "us down and walk[ing] upon our faces - from coming true?"
(a) Fascism.
(b) Death.
(c) Iron Heel.
(d) Communism.

2. Who does Avis become preoccupied with to the point of obsession?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Dr. Cunningham.
(c) Everhard.
(d) Bishop.

3. Where does the person who is preaching get sent to for his sermon in Chapter 12?
(a) An asylum for the insane.
(b) A prison for the handicapped.
(c) A detention facility.
(d) A hospital for the physically inept.

4. What is the term that Avis gives to the sense of impending conflict in Chapter 5?
(a) Adumbration.
(b) Agnosticism.
(c) Adoration.
(d) Admiration.

5. Where does Jackson live?
(a) A mob cartel.
(b) A rented, slum-like area by the lake.
(c) An underground tavern.
(d) A prostitution brothel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the intellectual class love to hear the sound of in Chapter 1 according to Avis?

2. What are some the fragments of nightmarish memories Avis retains of her night in Chicago in Chapter 25?

3. Who begins to speak derisively of the Oligarchy at the event in Chapter 17?

4. What is broken or halted by the Oligarchy across the country in Chapter 10?

5. Who is willing to destroy the influence of another group through political and violent confrontation in Chapter 16?

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