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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the anti-revolutionary movement change in Chapter 9?
(a) It dies out.
(b) It grows in popularity.
(c) It becomes violent.
(d) It becomes peaceful.

3. What is the economic and philosophic theory that humanity should work together for the good of all humanity?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Marxism.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the failure of what did idealism suffer damage according to Meredith?

3. Who did Everhard find complicit in the capitalist system?

4. Who does Everhard challenge to investigate the case of the armless peddler?

5. In what sectors is the group that Everhard speaks to in Chapter 4 leaders in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cunningham.

2. What does Everhard predict about the Bishop that comes true?

3. Describe Everhard's speech to the Philomaths.

4. Why is it important to be vigilant in society in the Introduction?

5. Describe Avis' interaction with the company lawyer.

6. Describe Jackson.

7. Describe Everhard's effect on Avis.

8. What tension did London experience in his own life that is reflected in the Iron Heel?

9. What does the contemporary author H. Bruce Franklin describe about London?

10. Describe Everhard's reasons for not having a family.

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