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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did people support the decision against Jackson?
(a) Because they were cowards.
(b) Because they were afraid of the Oligarchy.
(c) Because they were afraid of overheating.
(d) Because they feared losing support of their families.

2. Who spoke to Avis about the legal and financial rightness of their positions?
(a) Cultured wives.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Iron workers.
(d) Plumbers.

3. Who does Avis believe that everyone involved in the Jackson case is bound to?
(a) Fear tactics.
(b) Nazi propaganda.
(c) A capitalist machine.
(d) A socialist agenda.

4. Who does the Bishop say has drifted from Christ's teaching of compassion?
(a) Avis and Everhard.
(b) His family and friends.
(c) Society, government, and the church.
(d) Oligarchy and Anarchists.

5. What did Everhard elaborate on the relationship between?
(a) Rebels and communists.
(b) Socialists and revolutionists.
(c) Peddlers and peddling.
(d) Working and capitalist classes.

6. Where will the Bishop go according to the journalists in Chapter 6?
(a) On a pilgrimage.
(b) To prison.
(c) On an extended vacation.
(d) To a concentration camp.

7. When the Bishop grows more insistent, what happens in Chapter 6?
(a) He is heralded as a savior.
(b) He is led away from the podium.
(c) He is stabbed.
(d) He is squashed in a protest.

8. Who was London greatly influenced by in his writing?
(a) Dryser.
(b) Orwell.
(c) Marx.
(d) Judah.

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

10. What does Everhard say that the journalists will say about the Bishop in Chapter 6?
(a) He is defeated.
(b) He was unwell.
(c) He was amazing.
(d) He is a liar.

11. What happened during Jackson's trial in the name of family security?
(a) Cowardice and manipulation.
(b) Corruption and self-denial.
(c) Violence and self-deprecation.
(d) Selfishness and greed.

12. Who made their money off of the workers?
(a) Capitalists.
(b) Socialists.
(c) Proletariats.
(d) Business owners.

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

14. After the failure of what did idealism suffer damage according to Meredith?
(a) Fourth Revolt.
(b) Third Revolt.
(c) First Revolt.
(d) Second Revolt.

15. Who did Everhard find complicit in the capitalist system?
(a) Revolutionists.
(b) Dr. Cunningham.
(c) Church.
(d) Socialists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dr. Cunningham invite to his dinner in Chapter 7?

2. On what ticket does Everhard run for Congress in in Chapter 7?

3. Who does Avis interview that ran away when faced with uncomfortable truths?

4. Against what is it necessary to have strength to prevent it from grinding "us down and walk[ing] upon our faces - from coming true?"

5. Who does Everhard speak to in Chapter 4?

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