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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was secretly published during the three centuries of the Iron Heel?
(a) Jackson's letters.
(b) Everhard's books.
(c) Dr. Cunningham's manuscripts.
(d) Avis' calligraphic reports.

2. Where was the manuscript hidden?
(a) Ancient oak tree.
(b) In a tavern.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In a safe.

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

4. What leadership does Avis admire about Everhard?
(a) Anarchist rebellion.
(b) Socialist worker movement.
(c) Revolutionary socialist movement.
(d) Underground revolutionary movement.

5. What is the name of Dr. Cunningham's dinner in Chapter 7?
(a) Profit and Loss.
(b) Love and Death.
(c) Fools and Wise Men.
(d) Games and Gander.

6. In socialist theory and practice, who were entitled to more than what they were given in wages?
(a) Socialists.
(b) Capitalists.
(c) Business owners.
(d) Workers.

7. Who was the scientist responsible for many of the society-defining discoveries of the era?
(a) Avis' uncle.
(b) Avis' brother.
(c) Avis' father.
(d) Avis' lover.

8. What is the nickname that Everhard gives to the intellectual class?
(a) Philanderers.
(b) Worrymongers.
(c) Metaphysicians.
(d) Trust betrayers.

9. To whom does the Bishop makes his presentation in Chapter 6?
(a) Anarchists.
(b) Philanthropists.
(c) Oligarchists.
(d) Socialists.

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

11. What does Everhard show the group to prove his findings about the use of drafting in Chapter 8?
(a) Audio recording.
(b) Letter.
(c) Video.
(d) Pamphlet.

12. Who manipulated the trial in favor of the company instead of Jackson?
(a) Company's leadership.
(b) Jackson's superiors.
(c) Jackson's lawyers.
(d) Company's lawyers.

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

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

15. Who does Avis encounter in the city that has an expression of horror all the time in Chapter 4?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Dr. Cunningham.
(d) Everhard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Avis accuse the group that Everhard talks to of doing in Chapter 4?

2. Who was out of place from the beginning of the dinner event described in Chapter 1?

3. What does Avis call Everhard?

4. What is based on the economic and philosophic principle that financial profit and reward and accumulation are the rightful reward of those with the passion and the drive to pursue them?

5. What happens to Avis because of her association with Everhard in Chapter 5?

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