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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is taking a seat in Congress when Dr. Cunningham stayed behind in San Francisco in Chapter 16?
(a) Granger.
(b) Wickson.
(c) Everhard.
(d) Bishop.

2. What event is shrouded in mystery for seven centuries that is mentioned in the last section of the book?
(a) The death of Avis.
(b) The execution of Ernest Everhard.
(c) The birth of the new Mercenaries.
(d) The massacre of the Oligarchs.

3. Who is willing to destroy the influence of another group through political and violent confrontation in Chapter 16?
(a) Oligarchs.
(b) Grangers.
(c) Fighting Groups.
(d) Revolutionists.

4. When the Oligarchy gets word of the impending revolt, where do they plan a preventive strike in Chapter 23?
(a) Ann Arbor.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Detroit.
(d) New York.

5. What is broken or halted by the Oligarchy across the country in Chapter 10?
(a) Demonstrations.
(b) Power supplies.
(c) Coalitions.
(d) Strikes.

6. Who does Everhard talk to when he contemplates how the Oligarchy will reassert control over the country in Chapter 14?
(a) A Communist spy.
(b) A leader of a union.
(c) A Socialist puppet.
(d) A Fascist dictator.

7. What is to begin with a simultaneous, country-wide strike against the pillars of the Oligarchy's social and political structure in Chapter 22?
(a) Chicago Commune.
(b) First Revolt.
(c) Proletariat Dominance.
(d) Oligarch Resurgence.

8. What does Avis' father think of the circumstances surrounding the publication of his book and subsequent events?
(a) A long-forgotten compromise.
(b) A folly.
(c) A regrettable mistake.
(d) An adventure.

9. Despite running through murderous mobs, taking refuge under piles of dead bodies, and coming near to death herself, what does Avis feel she can do in Chapter 24?
(a) Be loving and compassionate.
(b) Be cold and calculated.
(c) Be removed, distant, and objective.
(d) Be emotional and passionate.

10. Who does Carson prevent Avis from interacting with for her safety in Chapter 19?
(a) Communist Red.
(b) Nazi sympathizer.
(c) Anarchist rebel.
(d) Iron Heel spy.

11. Who makes clandestine plans with prison guards while Avis was in prison in Chapter 18?
(a) Communists.
(b) Socialists.
(c) Proletarians.
(d) Anarchists.

12. Where does the person who is preaching get sent to for his sermon in Chapter 12?
(a) A detention facility.
(b) An asylum for the insane.
(c) A hospital for the physically inept.
(d) A prison for the handicapped.

13. Who rises to power in the Oligarchy after opposing the compensation sought by the prisoner that is condemned to death in Chapter 20?
(a) Priests and communist leaders.
(b) Lawyers and company owners.
(c) Dreamers and doers.
(d) Anarchists and rebel factions.

14. What does Avis describe as the environment that the Oligarchy, Everhard, and the directors of the revolution operated in Chapter 16?
(a) Communist totalitarianism.
(b) Nazi espionage.
(c) Anarchist confusion.
(d) Spying mistrust.

15. What does Everhard believe will continue to fester and rot despite the art created by the Oligarchy in Chapter 14?
(a) The torment.
(b) The control.
(c) The layman.
(d) The abyss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Avis describe as the appliances that helped her submerge her identity in Chapter 19?

2. Why are the socialists arrested at the event in Chapter 17?

3. Who does Avis think was behind the interruption of the speech in Chapter 16?

4. What does Everhard's partners hope that the conflict in the Congressional elections would come to in Chapter 11?

5. Who receives potatoes that Avis witnesses in Chapter 12?

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