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

2. What does the person that challenges Everhard say will happen to revolutionaries in Chapter 4?
(a) Crushed by violence.
(b) Be moved to camps.
(c) Defeated by popular vote.
(d) Win in a landslide election.

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

4. When was the Iron Heel published?
(a) Early 1920s.
(b) Early 1940s.
(c) Early 1880s.
(d) Early 1900s.

5. What does the Iron Heel also discuss as a method of self-preservation?
(a) Ability to make fire.
(b) Self-righteousness.
(c) Ability to work.
(d) Fearfulness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the armless peddler?

2. Who is the only person that succeeds in arguing against Everhard in Chapter 4?

3. What leadership does Avis admire about Everhard?

4. What was secretly published during the three centuries of the Iron Heel?

5. What does Avis call Everhard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Everhard's effect on Avis.

2. Describe Cunningham.

3. Describe Avis' ongoing investigation of Jackson's life circumstances.

4. Describe the impending conflict Avis begins to experience in Chapter 6.

5. What does the Iron Heel reveal about workers according to Franklin?

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

7. Why does Meredith say that the manuscript cannot be taken fully seriously?

8. Describe Avis in relationship to the manuscript's creation and storage.

9. What is the comparison that Everhard makes of small business owners to machine breakers and why?

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

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