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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. Since the death of his wife, what had Dr. Cunningham become?
(a) A hard drinker.
(b) A demanding professor.
(c) A dinner party sociologist.
(d) A recluse.

2. Who does Dr. Cunningham invite to his dinner in Chapter 7?
(a) Everhard.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Avis.

3. What is the group that attends Dr. Cunningham's dinner in Chapter 7?
(a) Big business.
(b) Socialists.
(c) Small capitalists.
(d) Workers.

4. What does the person at Avis' home come to return?
(a) Borrowed books.
(b) Borrowed umbrella.
(c) Tins and cans.
(d) Ammunition supplies.

5. Who is the contemporary author that offers a perspective in the Introduction?
(a) H. Bruce Franklin.
(b) Theodore Dryser.
(c) George Orwell.
(d) Jack London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the armless peddler?

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

3. Who does Everhard speak to in Chapter 4?

4. What does Avis accuse the group that Everhard talks to of doing in Chapter 4?

5. What did the intellectual class love to hear the sound of in Chapter 1 according to Avis?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Philomaths.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Cunningham.

9. Describe Everhard's effect on Avis.

10. Describe the journalist's interaction with Avis about the Jackson case.

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