solution
Who is International 4-8818?
(a) The Golden One's father
(b) A member of the World Council Scholars
(c) Equality's best friend
(d) The screamer at the Home of Students
c
Where does Equality 7-2521 write the beginning part of the novella?
(A) In a cave
(B) In a tunnel
(C) At his house
(D) On the street
b
What does the Golden One do for a living?
(A) She is a scholar
(B) She is a street sweeper
(C) She is a cook
(D) She is a peasant
d
Why do the members of the World Council of Scholars reject the lightbulb?
(A) Because they are afraid of it
(B) Because the bulb doesn't work
(C) Because they already have one
(D) Because the bulb is too bright
a
Why does Equality 7-2521 decide to offer the World Council of Scholars the
lightbulb?
(A) He wants to help his brothers
(B) He wants the World Council of Scholars to forgive him for not telling the
Home Council where he had been
(C) He wants the World Council of Scholars to pay him for his invention
(D) He wants to barter the lightbulb for a date with the Golden One
a
Where does Equality 7-2521 meet the Golden One?
(A) In the Palace of Mating
(B) At the World Council of Scholars
(C) In the field
(D) At the Home of Students
c
What word doesn't the Golden One know until the end of the novella?
(A) "You"
(B) "Them"
, (C) "We"
(D) "I"
d
What does Equality 7-2521 do for a living, officially?
(A) He sweeps the streets
(B) He invents things
(C) He builds houses
(D) He fights for equality
a
Who is Prometheus?
(A) The Roman god of fire
(B) The Golden One
(C) The man who stole fire from the gods
(D) The god of the underworld
c
At the end of the novella, Equality 7-2521 does not plan to do which of the
following?
(A) Kill Collective 0-0009
(B) Save International 4-8818
(C) Put up wire around his house
(D) Raise his son as a man
a
The first time they meet, what does Equality 7-2521 say to the Golden One?
(A) "What is your name?"
(B) "Dearest one . . ."
(C) "We love you."
(D) Nothing
d
What does Equality 7-2521 believe is the most important concept known to man?
(A) Light
(B) Ego
(C) Privacy
(D) Silence
b
Why does Equality 7-2521 break out of the Palace of Corrective Detention?
(A) The World Council is meeting
(B) He is being tortured
(C) The Golden One needs him
(D) He wants to work on his inventions
a
When does the story take place?
(A) 1984
(B) 2015
(C) 1917
(D) The year is unspecified
b