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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who begins to speak derisively of the Oligarchy at the event in Chapter 17?
(a) Everhard.
(b) Wickson.
(c) Avis.
(d) Bishop.

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

3. What does the Oligarchy create involving art in Chapter 14?
(a) Train stations.
(b) Fire stations.
(c) Wonder cities.
(d) Monolithic monuments.

4. Where does Avis take refuge in Chapter 18?
(a) Sonoma.
(b) San Marin.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Santa Barbara.

5. Who does Avis become a partner to in life and work through attention and support in Chapter 11?
(a) Carson.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Everhard.

6. What is the name of Avis' father's book?
(a) Economics and Education.
(b) Anarchy and Its Purpose.
(c) Socialists and the Working Poor.
(d) Poverty and the Oligarchy.

7. What group's members become separated by a higher lifestyle, thus creating a caste system in Chapter 15?
(a) Grangers.
(b) Mercenaries.
(c) Revolutionists.
(d) Favored Unions.

8. What later buries the cave several hundred years later in Chapter 19?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A tsunami.
(c) An apocalypse.
(d) A tidal wave.

9. What is the name of Avis' alternative personality in Chapter 20?
(a) Jan.
(b) Mary.
(c) Shelby.
(d) Sheila.

10. What do the abandoned proletariat wait for in Chapter 15?
(a) First Coming.
(b) Second Coming.
(c) Third Coming.
(d) Twelfth Coming.

11. What group instigates the riots in Chapter 20?
(a) Proletarians.
(b) Oligarchians.
(c) Iron Heel spies.
(d) Chicago Commune.

12. Who is believed dead but Avis notices during the riots in Chapter 20?
(a) Everhard.
(b) Carson.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Jackson.

13. Who preaches a sermon that invokes the ire of the Oligarchy?
(a) Bishop.
(b) Everhard.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Carson.

14. Where is Everhard sent to prison in Chapter 17?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Siberia.
(c) Alcatraz.
(d) Domingo.

15. How do Avis and Everhard travel out of Chicago in Chapter 25?
(a) By bus.
(b) By subway.
(c) By train.
(d) By car.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose arms does Everhard seek comfort in in Chapter 15?

2. What is the name of the violent, secret side of the Revolution in Chapter 16?

3. What is the new caste group that arose as the Oligarchy developed a new system of government in Chapter 20?

4. What does Avis' father think of the circumstances surrounding the publication of his book and subsequent events?

5. What is the person who humbly ministers the poor call his or her work terrified of in Chapter 12?

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