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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 made their money off of the workers?

2. What happened during Jackson's trial in the name of family security?

3. Why did people support the decision against Jackson?

4. What circumstances in London's life that gave rise to his creation of the book?

5. Where will the Bishop go according to the journalists in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bishop Morehouse becoming a martyr of sorts?

2. Describe Everhard's argument that causes the Bishop to protest.

3. What does Everhard predict about the Bishop that comes true?

4. Describe Everhard's effect on Avis.

5. Describe Cunningham.

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

7. Describe Meredith's comments on the Oligarchy.

8. Describe the Philomaths.

9. Describe Bishop Morehouse's speech.

10. Describe the men in the room at Avis' father's dinner party apart from Everhard.

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

The author uses more than one iteration on the motif of socialism. Identify at least two motifs about socialism and workers' rights in the book. Then cite an example to support each answer.

Essay Topic 3

Dr. Cunningham and the Bishop are two important characters that interact and experience significant suffering.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist and how do they interact? What is similar about them and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Dr. Cunningham had a direct influence upon? What are some events that Bishop had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger and why? What happens to each character?

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