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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Forward and Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom did Avis create the manuscript in tribute of?
(a) Her dead father.
(b) Her dead mother.
(c) Her dead brother.
(d) Her dead husband.

2. Who does Everhard question that the intellectual class really supports?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Working class.
(c) Anarchists.
(d) Socialists.

3. What are the forces against which London struggled as an individual and against which the revolutionaries struggle in his book?
(a) Marxism.
(b) Facism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Socialism.

4. What surprisingly has come into effect that the book predicted?
(a) Causes and effects of the workers' movement.
(b) Food and agricultural changes.
(c) Technological advancement.
(d) Disenfranchisement of the working poor.

5. Since the death of his wife, what had Dr. Cunningham become?
(a) A recluse.
(b) A demanding professor.
(c) A dinner party sociologist.
(d) A hard drinker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did London profit from according to the contemporary author in his Introduction?

2. The tension between what two opposing interests is the driving force behind the plot of the Iron Heel?

3. Who was out of place from the beginning of the dinner event described in Chapter 1?

4. Where was the manuscript hidden?

5. Who was London greatly influenced by in his writing?

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