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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. Who manipulated the trial in favor of the company instead of Jackson?

2. What did London profit from according to the contemporary author in his Introduction?

3. What does Everhard say revolutionaries will be willing to do in Chapter 5?

4. Who does Everhard speak to in Chapter 4?

5. What are the two circumstances of time in discussion in the Iron Heel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bishop Morehouse's speech.

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

3. Why does Avis call Everhard an eagle?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe Meredith's comments on the Oligarchy.

9. Describe Cunningham.

10. Why does Wickhard offer Everhard a job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study of Avis. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her at this point in her life?

Essay Topic 2

Avis and Everhard are two of the most active characters.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Avis had a direct influence upon? What are some events that Everhard had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger and why?

Essay Topic 3

London espouses a radical approach to work and employment that would alter the structure of society. He describes the worker in Iron Heel as a proletariat like Marxian philosophy who is rebelling against the Oligarchy. Describe the worker in Iron Heel. Do you think this is realistic and characteristic of today? Do you think the issues that London discusses are still relevant today and if so, in what ways? Discuss and describe.

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