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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. Where was the manuscript hidden?
(a) Ancient oak tree.
(b) In a safe.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In a tavern.

2. Who does Everhard challenge to investigate the case of the armless peddler?
(a) Avis.
(b) Dr. Cunningham.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Bishop.

3. What does the person who Avis sees at her home tell her that he has given up in order to not compromise his ideals?
(a) Money.
(b) Sex.
(c) Love.
(d) Family.

4. What did the room where the dinner event was held in Chapter 1 consist mainly of?
(a) Students and poor professors.
(b) Dancers and strippers.
(c) Underweight and stylish men.
(d) Overweight and over dressed men.

5. Where does Jackson live?
(a) A rented, slum-like area by the lake.
(b) A prostitution brothel.
(c) A mob cartel.
(d) An underground tavern.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made their money off of the workers?

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

3. What does Avis do for the Bishop's speech in Chapter 6?

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

5. What does Avis realize she was complicit in doing by Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Cunningham.

3. What does Everhard argue effectively about at the dinner party?

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

5. Describe Everhard's speech to the Philomaths.

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

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

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

9. Describe Jackson.

10. Describe the essential conflict of the Iron Heel.

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