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

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

3. What did the intellectual class love to hear the sound of in Chapter 1 according to Avis?
(a) Their own voices.
(b) The national anthem.
(c) The songs of their fathers.
(d) The music they composed.

4. 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.

5. Who is the armless peddler?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Dr. Cunningham.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Everhard.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the Bishop say has drifted from Christ's teaching of compassion?

3. What are the two circumstances of time in discussion in the Iron Heel?

4. Since the death of his wife, what had Dr. Cunningham become?

5. Who does the group that Everhard speak to in Chapter 4 comprise?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Cunningham.

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

5. Describe Avis' interaction with the company lawyer.

6. Describe Jackson.

7. Describe the Philomaths.

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

9. Describe Everhard's speech to the Philomaths.

10. Why is Bishop Morehouse becoming a martyr of sorts?

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