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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. To whom did Avis create the manuscript in tribute of?
(a) Her dead husband.
(b) Her dead father.
(c) Her dead brother.
(d) Her dead mother.

2. What does Everhard reveal the truth about to Avis in Chapter 4?
(a) The rebels and the Anarchists.
(b) The poor and the working classes.
(c) The workers and the Socialists.
(d) The rich and the Oligarchy.

3. Who spoke to Avis about the legal and financial rightness of their positions?
(a) Cultured wives.
(b) Plumbers.
(c) Iron workers.
(d) Politicians.

4. What are the two circumstances of time in discussion in the Iron Heel?
(a) Marxist present and Fascist future.
(b) Socialist revolution and Utopian future.
(c) Utopian present and Dystopian future.
(d) Anarchical present and Tyrannical future.

5. Who should share equally in both the responsibilities and the rewards according to London?
(a) The business owner.
(b) The collective.
(c) The individual.
(d) The proletariat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Avis become preoccupied with to the point of obsession?

2. What happens to Avis because of her association with Everhard in Chapter 5?

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

4. Why did people support the decision against Jackson?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Everhard's argument that causes the Bishop to protest.

3. Describe Bishop Morehouse's speech.

4. Describe Mr. Wickhard's argument and why Everhard agrees with him.

5. Describe the Philomaths.

6. Describe Everhard's speech to the Philomaths.

7. What is the two-tiered future described in the Iron Heel?

8. Why does Wickhard offer Everhard a job?

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

10. Describe Everhard's effect on Avis.

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