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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 does Avis think was behind the interruption of the speech in Chapter 16?
2. What does Everhard believe will continue to fester and rot despite the art created by the Oligarchy in Chapter 14?
3. What is the Oligarchy beginning to crush through violence in Chapter 10?
4. Who does Everhard talk to when he contemplates how the Oligarchy will reassert control over the country in Chapter 14?
5. Where do the terrorist groups originate from in Chapter 25?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the effect Cunningham's book has on socialist publications and the revolution.
2. Describe what happened to Avis after the bombing.
3. Describe how the bomb is thrown in front of Congress.
4. Describe the three oligarchies Avis says were created through the favored unions.
5. What is ironic about Avis' new dwelling after the riots?
6. Describe the effect of the workers' strike.
7. Describe the development of Avis and Everhard's relationship.
8. What happened soon after Everhard got elected to Congress?
9. How does Avis' perspective become distant and objective during the conflict in the city?
10. Describe the conflict of the people of the abyss.
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
Iron Heel is written primarily in the first-person point of view of Avis. Is this point of view more or less effective than telling the story from the third-persona and omniscient perspective? Explain.
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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