Anthem Study Guide | with Complete Solution
In what is Equality writing? (i.e., what format is he writing?) Correct Answer: Diary, first
person; stolen paper
Describe Equality's physical appearance. Correct Answer: 6 feet tall
What is Equality's curse? Correct Answer: Being 6 feet tall because they are too tall and stand
out
Compare the Home of the Infants, the Home of the Students, and the Home of the Street
Sweepers. Correct Answer: Home of the Infants- where they lived until they were 5, children
born in the same year, everything was clean and white, everyone was similar. Home of the
students- ten years of learning; Home of the Sweet Sweepers- where all of the sweep sweepers
live. All very routine
Why was Equality pleased with his Life Mandate? Correct Answer: Equality was guilty but now
he had a way to atone for it by living in equality with his fellow brothers
Describe a typical day in Equality's life. Correct Answer: Wake up, eat breakfast, clean the
streets, eat lunch, clean the streets, eat dinner, then go to one of the halls for the Social meeting
What is ironic about the Social Meeting? Correct Answer: They stay in their "groups" and don't
socialize with brothers of other trades, they are spoken to, they aren't social
Why are friends forbidden? Correct Answer: One should not love one brother more than another
What is Equality's crime? Correct Answer: Shows preference over other people but his name is
equality so it's ironic; he has his own thoughts
Why does Equality feel no shame in committing his crime? Correct Answer: He doesn't feel like
he is doing anything wrong; has little emotion in the beginning of the book, should not feel
anything- shame is a feeling
Describe the government and institutions where Equality lives. Correct Answer: Collectivism;
individuality is nonexistent. Everything is a routine
What does Equality mean when he says, "They"? Correct Answer: Liberty
Who is Liberty and what does she do? Correct Answer: A girl that Equality took notice of; She
works the soil and lives in the Home of the Peasants beyond the city
What is a Transgression of Preference? How did Equality commit such a transgression or
transgressions? Correct Answer: A sin or error in showing preference to someone. Preferred
Liberty and went over and talked to her, he realizes the transgression and knows that he is
different. Also when he wanted to be accepted into the home of the scholars
, What is the Time of Mating? Why does Equality think being sent to the Palace of Mating as
being a "shameful matter"? Correct Answer: The time each spring when all the men, older than
20, and women, older than 18, are sent for one night to the City Palace of Mating. The girls
mature earlier. Parents and children never see each other. You don't know the person. He's
uncomfortable
How are children raised in Equality's society? Correct Answer: In the Home of the Infants and
the Home of the Students
Why doesn't Liberty want Equality to be one of her brothers? Correct Answer: She is attracted
to him
Why does Equality care about Liberty's age? Correct Answer: Since she is 17, he does not want
her to be sent to the Palace of Mating next year
What is wrong with Equality's brothers? Correct Answer: They are in fear, have nightmares.
Their nightmares are normal to us but different to equality
Why is Equality afraid of the Uncharted Forest? Correct Answer: People who enter are perish
from hunger and from the claws of the wild beast which roam the forest
What are the Unmentionable Times? Correct Answer: People fought the Evil Ones and the Evil
Ones were conquered. Then great fires burned the evil ones and the things made by the evil ones.
And the fire was called The Dawn of the Great Rebirth
What is the punishment for speaking the Unspeakable Word? Correct Answer: Put to death
What has Equality discovered and what has he learned from it? Correct Answer: Electricity;
causes the needle on the compass move, causes electricity, metal draws the power of the sky
Why does Equality think that the Council of Scholars is blind? Correct Answer: He has more
knowledge than the Council of Scholars, much more to learn, stuff the council does not
understand does not matter, they don't take risks, narrow-minded, don't accept change,
A euphemism is defined as "the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one
that may offend or suggest something unpleasant; also : the expression so substituted" For
example, Equality is not assigned a job; he is given a "Life Mandate". What other euphemisms
have you discovered in this book? Correct Answer: The Palace of Mating, Home of Infants,
Home of Students, Home of the Useless, Unmentionable times
What name has Equality given to Liberty? Why? Correct Answer: The Golden One. She is
special to him and stands out from the other brothers
Do you think that the name is appropriate? Why or why not?
In what is Equality writing? (i.e., what format is he writing?) Correct Answer: Diary, first
person; stolen paper
Describe Equality's physical appearance. Correct Answer: 6 feet tall
What is Equality's curse? Correct Answer: Being 6 feet tall because they are too tall and stand
out
Compare the Home of the Infants, the Home of the Students, and the Home of the Street
Sweepers. Correct Answer: Home of the Infants- where they lived until they were 5, children
born in the same year, everything was clean and white, everyone was similar. Home of the
students- ten years of learning; Home of the Sweet Sweepers- where all of the sweep sweepers
live. All very routine
Why was Equality pleased with his Life Mandate? Correct Answer: Equality was guilty but now
he had a way to atone for it by living in equality with his fellow brothers
Describe a typical day in Equality's life. Correct Answer: Wake up, eat breakfast, clean the
streets, eat lunch, clean the streets, eat dinner, then go to one of the halls for the Social meeting
What is ironic about the Social Meeting? Correct Answer: They stay in their "groups" and don't
socialize with brothers of other trades, they are spoken to, they aren't social
Why are friends forbidden? Correct Answer: One should not love one brother more than another
What is Equality's crime? Correct Answer: Shows preference over other people but his name is
equality so it's ironic; he has his own thoughts
Why does Equality feel no shame in committing his crime? Correct Answer: He doesn't feel like
he is doing anything wrong; has little emotion in the beginning of the book, should not feel
anything- shame is a feeling
Describe the government and institutions where Equality lives. Correct Answer: Collectivism;
individuality is nonexistent. Everything is a routine
What does Equality mean when he says, "They"? Correct Answer: Liberty
Who is Liberty and what does she do? Correct Answer: A girl that Equality took notice of; She
works the soil and lives in the Home of the Peasants beyond the city
What is a Transgression of Preference? How did Equality commit such a transgression or
transgressions? Correct Answer: A sin or error in showing preference to someone. Preferred
Liberty and went over and talked to her, he realizes the transgression and knows that he is
different. Also when he wanted to be accepted into the home of the scholars
, What is the Time of Mating? Why does Equality think being sent to the Palace of Mating as
being a "shameful matter"? Correct Answer: The time each spring when all the men, older than
20, and women, older than 18, are sent for one night to the City Palace of Mating. The girls
mature earlier. Parents and children never see each other. You don't know the person. He's
uncomfortable
How are children raised in Equality's society? Correct Answer: In the Home of the Infants and
the Home of the Students
Why doesn't Liberty want Equality to be one of her brothers? Correct Answer: She is attracted
to him
Why does Equality care about Liberty's age? Correct Answer: Since she is 17, he does not want
her to be sent to the Palace of Mating next year
What is wrong with Equality's brothers? Correct Answer: They are in fear, have nightmares.
Their nightmares are normal to us but different to equality
Why is Equality afraid of the Uncharted Forest? Correct Answer: People who enter are perish
from hunger and from the claws of the wild beast which roam the forest
What are the Unmentionable Times? Correct Answer: People fought the Evil Ones and the Evil
Ones were conquered. Then great fires burned the evil ones and the things made by the evil ones.
And the fire was called The Dawn of the Great Rebirth
What is the punishment for speaking the Unspeakable Word? Correct Answer: Put to death
What has Equality discovered and what has he learned from it? Correct Answer: Electricity;
causes the needle on the compass move, causes electricity, metal draws the power of the sky
Why does Equality think that the Council of Scholars is blind? Correct Answer: He has more
knowledge than the Council of Scholars, much more to learn, stuff the council does not
understand does not matter, they don't take risks, narrow-minded, don't accept change,
A euphemism is defined as "the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one
that may offend or suggest something unpleasant; also : the expression so substituted" For
example, Equality is not assigned a job; he is given a "Life Mandate". What other euphemisms
have you discovered in this book? Correct Answer: The Palace of Mating, Home of Infants,
Home of Students, Home of the Useless, Unmentionable times
What name has Equality given to Liberty? Why? Correct Answer: The Golden One. She is
special to him and stands out from the other brothers
Do you think that the name is appropriate? Why or why not?
