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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 the person who Avis sees at her home challenge her to look into?
(a) Jackson's story.
(b) Carson's story.
(c) Wickson's story.
(d) Bishop's story.

2. What does Meredith say in a footnote that there are several of in the world?
(a) Oligarchists.
(b) Socialists.
(c) Leaders.
(d) Anarchists.

3. Who tells Avis that Jackson was entitled to compensation?
(a) His wife and children.
(b) His friends and acquaintances.
(c) His brothers and sisters.
(d) His lawyers and superiors.

4. What does Avis call Everhard?
(a) Her nemesis.
(b) Her lover.
(c) Her trouble.
(d) Her eagle.

5. What does Everhard consider Wickson's offer in Chapter 6?
(a) A lovely gift.
(b) A truce.
(c) A bribe.
(d) An admission of guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Iron Heel published?

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

3. What is the name of Dr. Cunningham's dinner in Chapter 7?

4. What does the person at Avis' home come to return?

5. Who is being treated as a martyr because of sympathy for the poor in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Avis' interaction with the company lawyer.

2. Describe Bishop Morehouse's speech.

3. Describe Cunningham.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Everhard's effect on Avis.

10. Describe the Philomaths.

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