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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the contemporary author that offers a perspective in the Introduction?
(a) George Orwell.
(b) Theodore Dryser.
(c) Jack London.
(d) H. Bruce Franklin.

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

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

4. What does Avis call Everhard?
(a) Her trouble.
(b) Her nemesis.
(c) Her eagle.
(d) Her lover.

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

6. Who was Avis surprised to see at one of her father's social events?
(a) Her father.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Everhard.
(d) Bishop.

7. Who is being treated as a martyr because of sympathy for the poor in Chapter 5?
(a) Avis.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Everhard.
(d) Jackson.

8. What does Avis say that her life, along with Everhard and others gets sucked into in Chapter 9?
(a) A rally.
(b) A war.
(c) A demonstration.
(d) A vortex.

9. Who protests the treatment of workers at the risk of being discharged?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Dr. Cunningham.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Everhard.

10. What does Jackson's living quarters typical of?
(a) His cultural group.
(b) His attitude.
(c) His working class.
(d) His lifestyle.

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

12. In what sectors is the group that Everhard speaks to in Chapter 4 leaders in?
(a) Art, philosophy, and natural sciences.
(b) Business, politics, and governance.
(c) Natural sciences and psychology.
(d) Business, art, and economics.

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

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

15. What does Wickson offer Everhard in Chapter 6?
(a) A position in the army.
(b) A car.
(c) A job.
(d) A peace offering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the room where the dinner event was held in Chapter 1 consist mainly of?

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

3. To whom does the Bishop makes his presentation in Chapter 6?

4. When the Bishop grows more insistent, what happens in Chapter 6?

5. What does Avis realize she was complicit in doing by Chapter 3?

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