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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 do the workers in both countries do that stop working for a week in Chapter 13?
(a) A strike.
(b) Factory fires.
(c) Factory closings.
(d) A demonstration.

2. Who is condemned to death by the Oligarchy after being discovered as a socialist spy in Chapter 20?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Everhard.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Carson.

3. What two countries go to war in Chapter 13?
(a) Germany and Russia.
(b) United States and Russia.
(c) United States and Germany.
(d) Russia and France.

4. What group exists between the abandoned proletariat and the favored unions in Chapter 16?
(a) Grangers.
(b) Iron Heel spies.
(c) Mercenaries.
(d) Revolutionists.

5. What is the new caste group that arose as the Oligarchy developed a new system of government in Chapter 20?
(a) Socialists.
(b) Revolutionists.
(c) Favored Unions.
(d) Mercenaries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the socialists arrested at the event in Chapter 17?

2. Where do many proletariats perish as they believed in the end times in Chapter 15?

3. Who are the people of the abyss in Chapter 24?

4. Who does Dr. Cunningham meet in San Francisco in Chapter 16?

5. Who is taking a seat in Congress when Dr. Cunningham stayed behind in San Francisco in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the effect of the workers' strike.

2. How does Avis' perspective become distant and objective during the conflict in the city?

3. Describe the seamstress.

4. How is the truth about the bombing ultimately discovered?

5. What is ironic about Avis' new dwelling after the riots?

6. Describe what happened to Avis after the bombing.

7. Describe the Grangers.

8. Describe how the bomb is thrown in front of Congress.

9. Describe the Bishop's new occupation and the reasons for doing so.

10. Describe what happens to Avis and Everhard in the end of the novel.

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