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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. Where is Everhard sent to prison in Chapter 17?
2. What does Everhard believe will continue to fester and rot despite the art created by the Oligarchy in Chapter 14?
3. What does Everhard's partners hope that the conflict in the Congressional elections would come to in Chapter 11?
4. Who is taking a seat in Congress when Dr. Cunningham stayed behind in San Francisco in Chapter 16?
5. Where do the terrorist groups originate from in Chapter 25?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the Fighting Groups.
2. What bribe does Cunningham refuse and what effect does it have on his life?
3. Describe Avis' remembrance of Jackson and the people affected by his case.
4. What happened to prevent the rebellion of the First Revolt and stop the revolutionaries?
5. Describe the effect Cunningham's book has on socialist publications and the revolution.
6. Describe the three oligarchies Avis says were created through the favored unions.
7. Describe Wickson's son.
8. Describe the effect of the workers' strike.
9. Describe the Oligarchy's control of the unions in the United States.
10. Describe what happened to the cave in the future and its importance in the story of Avis and Everhard.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the significance of the novel's title. What did the author mean by calling the book Iron Heel? Cite an example to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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