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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 does Avis describe as the appliances that helped her submerge her identity in Chapter 19?

2. What are some the fragments of nightmarish memories Avis retains of her night in Chicago in Chapter 25?

3. After refusing to take a bribe, who loses his home, wealth and influence in Chapter 11?

4. Who becomes a spy and vaporizes a prison in Chapter 20?

5. Who makes a speech in defense of a bill in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Bishop Morehouse when he began to preach again?

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

3. What happened soon after Everhard got elected to Congress?

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

5. Why was Everhard and others sent to prison or executed?

6. Describe the seamstress.

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

8. What happened to prevent the rebellion of the First Revolt and stop the revolutionaries?

9. How did Avis submerge her identity?

10. Describe the Oligarchy's control of the unions in the United States.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe some of the settings for Iron Heel. What is the overall setting? Be sure to include geography, time period and any pertinent popular culture events. Why did the author choose to use these places in Iron Heel?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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