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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 was the group that attends Dr. Cunningham's dinner angry at in Chapter 7?
2. What was secretly published during the three centuries of the Iron Heel?
3. Since the death of his wife, what had Dr. Cunningham become?
4. What does the person who Avis sees at her home tell her that he has given up in order to not compromise his ideals?
5. What is the group that Everhard says is the only group that counter using force through a little known law in Chapter 8?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the essential conflict of the Iron Heel.
2. Describe Everhard's speech to the Philomaths.
3. Describe Avis in relationship to the manuscript's creation and storage.
4. Describe Everhard's reasons for not having a family.
5. What does Everhard predict about the Bishop that comes true?
6. Why does Wickhard offer Everhard a job?
7. Describe Mr. Wickhard's argument and why Everhard agrees with him.
8. Describe Meredith's comments on the Oligarchy.
9. Describe the impending conflict Avis begins to experience in Chapter 6.
10. Describe the Philomaths.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the role of women in America in the time period of the Iron Heel when the women like Avis in the stories are living their lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? What freedoms did they have that women of our society today do not have?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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