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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What leadership does Avis admire about Everhard?

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

3. What does Everhard consider Wickson's offer in Chapter 6?

4. How does the anti-revolutionary movement change in Chapter 9?

5. What did the room where the dinner event was held in Chapter 1 consist mainly of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the essential conflict of the Iron Heel.

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

7. Describe Avis' actions to uncover the truth about Jackson.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Iron Heel practice of gaining power through money and violence. How does this contrast with the Socialist rise to ascendancy? Which group is more committed to success if any? Which group is more ethical and how so? Which group ultimately wins the popular vote and why? Describe.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Mr. Wickson. What is his role in the story? What was the author trying to accomplish by creating the Wickon's character in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Love is a recurring theme in Iron Heel. How does Avis's feelings about love change from the beginning of the novel to its end? In what ways has she expanded her awareness and beliefs? Is sexuality connected to love for Avis? How does her feelings for Everhard develop and change and how does her relationship with him contrast with that of other men that she has had romantic or an idealized relationship with? Describe.

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