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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the person at Avis' home come to return?
(a) Borrowed books.
(b) Ammunition supplies.
(c) Borrowed umbrella.
(d) Tins and cans.

2. In socialist theory and practice, who were entitled to more than what they were given in wages?
(a) Socialists.
(b) Business owners.
(c) Capitalists.
(d) Workers.

3. Who was the scientist responsible for many of the society-defining discoveries of the era?
(a) Avis' father.
(b) Avis' uncle.
(c) Avis' lover.
(d) Avis' brother.

4. What did speaker after speaker do to Everhard during his speech in Chapter 4?
(a) Defeat him.
(b) Challenge him.
(c) Submit to him.
(d) Interrupt him.

5. What does the Iron Heel also discuss as a method of self-preservation?
(a) Ability to work.
(b) Fearfulness.
(c) Ability to make fire.
(d) Self-righteousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Bishop grows more insistent, what happens in Chapter 6?

2. Who does Avis find that she falls in love with?

3. Against what is it necessary to have strength to prevent it from grinding "us down and walk[ing] upon our faces - from coming true?"

4. What does Avis realize she was complicit in doing by Chapter 3?

5. Who could be fired for challenging the opinion or story of a newspaper's corporate owners?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Meredith say that the manuscript cannot be taken fully seriously?

2. Describe Mr. Wickhard's argument and why Everhard agrees with him.

3. Describe Avis' actions to uncover the truth about Jackson.

4. Describe Avis' ongoing investigation of Jackson's life circumstances.

5. What is the two-tiered future described in the Iron Heel?

6. What is the comparison that Everhard makes of small business owners to machine breakers and why?

7. What does the contemporary author H. Bruce Franklin describe about London?

8. Describe the essential conflict of the Iron Heel.

9. What tension did London experience in his own life that is reflected in the Iron Heel?

10. Describe Avis in relationship to the manuscript's creation and storage.

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