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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 offers a bribe in Chapter 11?
2. What does the United States lead in collusion with Canada and South America in Chapter 15?
3. Who rises to power in the Oligarchy after opposing the compensation sought by the prisoner that is condemned to death in Chapter 20?
4. Who suppresses Dr. Cunningham's book's publication?
5. Who preaches a sermon that invokes the ire of the Oligarchy?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the three oligarchies Avis says were created through the favored unions.
2. Describe Avis' remembrance of Jackson and the people affected by his case.
3. Describe the effect of the workers' strike.
4. Describe what happened to Avis after the bombing.
5. Describe the seamstress.
6. Describe the appeal of Biblical faith and prophecy to many of the abandoned proletariat.
7. Describe what happened when Everhard was giving a speech in defense of a bill attended by many soldiers in scarlet livery.
8. Describe what happens to Avis and Everhard in the end of the novel.
9. Describe the Bishop's new occupation and the reasons for doing so.
10. What bribe does Cunningham refuse and what effect does it have on his life?
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
The author uses more than one iteration on the motif of life-death-life. Identify at least two motifs about life-death-life in Iron Heel. Then cite an example to support each answer.
Essay Topic 3
Iron Heel is particularly effective in conveying meaning through powerful imagery. Powerful imagery to establish connections in the minds of readers with the story's characters and plot. Imagery is the picture we form in our minds of the story we read. It can involve, visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, kinetic and kinesthetic. The author uses these imagery to translate words into a visual story that we can see and participate in within our minds. Describe the use of imagery in this dystopian novel.
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