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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Avis surprised to see at her house when she returns from visiting the armless peddler?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Carson.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Everhard.

3. What circumstances in London's life that gave rise to his creation of the book?
(a) Artistic and evolutionary.
(b) Economic and theoretical.
(c) Political and social.
(d) Personal and creative.

4. Who was out of place from the beginning of the dinner event described in Chapter 1?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Dr. Cunningham.
(c) Everhard.
(d) Avis.

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

6. What happens to Avis because of her association with Everhard in Chapter 5?
(a) Being heralded as a prophet.
(b) Being avoided by some friends.
(c) Being ridiculed by some friends.
(d) Being chosen by some friends.

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

8. Who could be fired for challenging the opinion or story of a newspaper's corporate owners?
(a) An artist.
(b) A journalist.
(c) A writing assistant.
(d) An intern.

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

10. Who should share equally in both the responsibilities and the rewards according to London?
(a) The proletariat.
(b) The individual.
(c) The collective.
(d) The business owner.

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

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

13. Who does Everhard question that the intellectual class really supports?
(a) Socialists.
(b) Brothers.
(c) Working class.
(d) Anarchists.

14. What did speaker after speaker do to Everhard during his speech in Chapter 4?
(a) Interrupt him.
(b) Submit to him.
(c) Challenge him.
(d) Defeat him.

15. Who does Dr. Cunningham invite to his dinner in Chapter 7?
(a) Avis.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Everhard.
(d) Bishop.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wickson offer Everhard in Chapter 6?

2. Who does Avis become preoccupied with to the point of obsession?

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

4. Who does Avis believe that she will marry by Chapter 4?

5. What did London profit from according to the contemporary author in his Introduction?

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