Anthem Practice Test | 71 Questions with 100%
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When does this novel take place - in the past, present, or future? How do you know? Correct
Answer: This novel takes place in the future because Equality describes a society unlike
anything the world has yet seen: a society in which everyone is equal. It also says so on the back.
What motto is engraved over the portals of the Palace of the World Council? What prayer is
recited every night? Correct Answer: Motto:
"We are one in all and all in one.
There are no men but only the great WE,
One, indivisible, and forever."
Prayer:
"We are nothing. Mankind is all. By the grace of our brothers are we allowed our lives. We exist
through, by and for our brothers who are the State. Amen."
Describe Equality's writing. What is the format of his writing? Correct Answer: Equality refers
to himself as "we" (Gollum, anyone?). In his writing, he continually says that what he is doing is
a transgression and saying there is an evil within him.
Describe Equality's physical appearance. Correct Answer: Equality wears an iron bracelet on his
left wrist with his name, Equality 7-2521, on it. He is 21 years old and 6 feet tall, which is very
unusual. His teachers said there was evil inside of him because of his abnormal height.
What is Equality's curse? Correct Answer: He is not like everyone else.
Compare the Home of the Infants, the Home of the Students, and the Home of the Street
Sweepers. Correct Answer: The Home of the Infants is where citizens stay from the time they
are born until they are five. The sleeping halls were white, clean, and empty besides for 100
beds.
Citizens spend 10 years learning at the Home of the Students. The sleeping halls were the same.
The Home of the Street Sweepers is a gray house on a narrow street. The sleeping halls are the
same.
Why was Equality pleased with his Life Mandate? Correct Answer: By working as a Street
Sweeper, he could make up for the times when he wished to be a Scholar and committed the
Transgression of Preference.
Describe a typical day in Equality's life for the next four years. Correct Answer: He gets up
when a bell rings and then has a half-hour to eat and dress. Then he goes to work in the city with
his brooms and rakes. Five hours later he has a half-hour break for lunch. Five hours after that he
has an hour for dinner. Then the bell rings and he walks in a straight column to one of the City
Halls for the Social Meeting. Then he goes to the City Theatre for 3 hours of social recreation.
Finally, he walks back Home in a straight column and goes to bed.
, What is ironic about the Social Meeting? Correct Answer: It is not social - they just sit and listen
to the leaders talk and then sing.
Who are Union 5-3992 and International 4-8818? Correct Answer: Union only has half a brain
(he's stupid). He is sickly and sometimes has convulsions in which he froths at the mouth and his
eyes turn white.
International is tall and strong. His eyes are like fireflies, and no one can look upon him without
smiling. As such, he was disliked at the Home of the Students. He used to draw funny pictures
with coal on the walls.
Why does the International say, "May the council have mercy upon both of our hearts"? Correct
Answer: Equality convinces International not to tell the Council about the hole behind the
Theatre because they would be lashed to death if they did. International would rather be evil with
Equality than good with everyone else.
For the next two years, what does Equality do in relationship to his discovery? Correct Answer:
Every night he slips away from the Theatre and studies in the tunnel.
Just by going there what great transgression does he commit? Correct Answer: He is not
supposed to be down there; he is supposed to be in the theatre.
How does International help him? Correct Answer: International promises not to tell the Council
about the tunnel.
What other transgressions does Equality commit? Correct Answer: He has stolen candles, flints,
knives, and paper from the Home of the Street Sweepers. He has stolen glass vials, powders, and
acids from the Home of the Scholars. He has also stolen manuscripts, which is a great offense
because the Home of the Clerks spend one year copying one single script.
What does Equality mean when he says, "They"? Correct Answer: He is speaking about another
person.
Who lives in the Home of the Peasants? Correct Answer: The women who have been assigned
to work in the soil.
Who is Liberty 5-3000? Why is Equality attracted to her and what does she do? Correct Answer:
She is a woman who lives at the Home of the Peasants. Equality is attracted to her because she is
very beautiful. She has dark eyes that have no fear, kindness, or guilt and golden hair that defied
men to restrain it.
Read pages 41-43 and explain Equality's interest in Liberty. Correct Answer: Equality cannot
stop thinking about Liberty, and he does not know why. But when he thinks of her, he thinks the
world is good and it is not a burden to live. He thinks she is beautiful and that the wisdom of
women allows her to understand more than he can.
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When does this novel take place - in the past, present, or future? How do you know? Correct
Answer: This novel takes place in the future because Equality describes a society unlike
anything the world has yet seen: a society in which everyone is equal. It also says so on the back.
What motto is engraved over the portals of the Palace of the World Council? What prayer is
recited every night? Correct Answer: Motto:
"We are one in all and all in one.
There are no men but only the great WE,
One, indivisible, and forever."
Prayer:
"We are nothing. Mankind is all. By the grace of our brothers are we allowed our lives. We exist
through, by and for our brothers who are the State. Amen."
Describe Equality's writing. What is the format of his writing? Correct Answer: Equality refers
to himself as "we" (Gollum, anyone?). In his writing, he continually says that what he is doing is
a transgression and saying there is an evil within him.
Describe Equality's physical appearance. Correct Answer: Equality wears an iron bracelet on his
left wrist with his name, Equality 7-2521, on it. He is 21 years old and 6 feet tall, which is very
unusual. His teachers said there was evil inside of him because of his abnormal height.
What is Equality's curse? Correct Answer: He is not like everyone else.
Compare the Home of the Infants, the Home of the Students, and the Home of the Street
Sweepers. Correct Answer: The Home of the Infants is where citizens stay from the time they
are born until they are five. The sleeping halls were white, clean, and empty besides for 100
beds.
Citizens spend 10 years learning at the Home of the Students. The sleeping halls were the same.
The Home of the Street Sweepers is a gray house on a narrow street. The sleeping halls are the
same.
Why was Equality pleased with his Life Mandate? Correct Answer: By working as a Street
Sweeper, he could make up for the times when he wished to be a Scholar and committed the
Transgression of Preference.
Describe a typical day in Equality's life for the next four years. Correct Answer: He gets up
when a bell rings and then has a half-hour to eat and dress. Then he goes to work in the city with
his brooms and rakes. Five hours later he has a half-hour break for lunch. Five hours after that he
has an hour for dinner. Then the bell rings and he walks in a straight column to one of the City
Halls for the Social Meeting. Then he goes to the City Theatre for 3 hours of social recreation.
Finally, he walks back Home in a straight column and goes to bed.
, What is ironic about the Social Meeting? Correct Answer: It is not social - they just sit and listen
to the leaders talk and then sing.
Who are Union 5-3992 and International 4-8818? Correct Answer: Union only has half a brain
(he's stupid). He is sickly and sometimes has convulsions in which he froths at the mouth and his
eyes turn white.
International is tall and strong. His eyes are like fireflies, and no one can look upon him without
smiling. As such, he was disliked at the Home of the Students. He used to draw funny pictures
with coal on the walls.
Why does the International say, "May the council have mercy upon both of our hearts"? Correct
Answer: Equality convinces International not to tell the Council about the hole behind the
Theatre because they would be lashed to death if they did. International would rather be evil with
Equality than good with everyone else.
For the next two years, what does Equality do in relationship to his discovery? Correct Answer:
Every night he slips away from the Theatre and studies in the tunnel.
Just by going there what great transgression does he commit? Correct Answer: He is not
supposed to be down there; he is supposed to be in the theatre.
How does International help him? Correct Answer: International promises not to tell the Council
about the tunnel.
What other transgressions does Equality commit? Correct Answer: He has stolen candles, flints,
knives, and paper from the Home of the Street Sweepers. He has stolen glass vials, powders, and
acids from the Home of the Scholars. He has also stolen manuscripts, which is a great offense
because the Home of the Clerks spend one year copying one single script.
What does Equality mean when he says, "They"? Correct Answer: He is speaking about another
person.
Who lives in the Home of the Peasants? Correct Answer: The women who have been assigned
to work in the soil.
Who is Liberty 5-3000? Why is Equality attracted to her and what does she do? Correct Answer:
She is a woman who lives at the Home of the Peasants. Equality is attracted to her because she is
very beautiful. She has dark eyes that have no fear, kindness, or guilt and golden hair that defied
men to restrain it.
Read pages 41-43 and explain Equality's interest in Liberty. Correct Answer: Equality cannot
stop thinking about Liberty, and he does not know why. But when he thinks of her, he thinks the
world is good and it is not a burden to live. He thinks she is beautiful and that the wisdom of
women allows her to understand more than he can.
