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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the group that attends Dr. Cunningham's dinner in Chapter 7?
(a) Socialists.
(b) Big business.
(c) Small capitalists.
(d) Workers.

4. Who does Avis interview that ran away when faced with uncomfortable truths?
(a) Oligarchy leader.
(b) Revolutionist leader.
(c) Company lawyer.
(d) Family lawyer.

5. What does the person at Avis' home come to return?
(a) Tins and cans.
(b) Borrowed umbrella.
(c) Borrowed books.
(d) Ammunition supplies.

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

7. What did the room where the dinner event was held in Chapter 1 consist mainly of?
(a) Overweight and over dressed men.
(b) Underweight and stylish men.
(c) Dancers and strippers.
(d) Students and poor professors.

8. For how long was the manuscript hidden?
(a) 10 centuries.
(b) 7 centuries.
(c) 12 centuries.
(d) 2 centuries.

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

10. What does Avis accuse the group that Everhard talks to of doing in Chapter 4?
(a) Lying profusely.
(b) Being selfish.
(c) Mismanaging society.
(d) Being lazy.

11. What does Everhard say revolutionaries will be willing to do in Chapter 5?
(a) Give up their right to bear arms.
(b) Respond to violence with violence.
(c) Hold peaceful demonstrations at all hours.
(d) Move to another country to continue protesting.

12. Who does Everhard challenge to investigate the case of the armless peddler?
(a) Dr. Cunningham.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Avis.
(d) Bishop.

13. Against what did London's socialist ideals exert tension or experience conflict with?
(a) Fascist experience.
(b) Capitalist experience.
(c) Marxist experience.
(d) Socialist experience.

14. Who does Everhard speak to in Chapter 4?
(a) The Wicksons.
(b) The Grangers.
(c) The Philomaths.
(d) The Revolutionists.

15. What does the contemporary author that offers a perspective in the Introduction think of London's writing?
(a) Biased.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Accurate.
(d) Skewed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was secretly published during the three centuries of the Iron Heel?

2. Who does the group that Everhard speak to in Chapter 4 comprise?

3. What does the person who Avis sees at her home tell her that he has given up in order to not compromise his ideals?

4. Who should share equally in both the responsibilities and the rewards according to London?

5. What circumstances in London's life that gave rise to his creation of the book?

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