Anthem Study Guide ACTUAL
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
In what is Equality writing? (i.e., what format is he writing?) - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Diary, first person; stolen paper
Describe Equality's physical appearance. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅6 feet tall
What is Equality's curse? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅One should not love one brother
more than another
What is Equality's crime? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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
ANSWERS✅✅Collectivism; individuality is nonexistent. Everything is a routine
What does Equality mean when he says, "They"? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Liberty
Who is Liberty and what does she do? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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
ANSWERS✅✅She is attracted to him
Why does Equality care about Liberty's age? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅They are in fear, have
nightmares. Their nightmares are normal to us but different to equality
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
In what is Equality writing? (i.e., what format is he writing?) - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Diary, first person; stolen paper
Describe Equality's physical appearance. - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅6 feet tall
What is Equality's curse? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅One should not love one brother
more than another
What is Equality's crime? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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
ANSWERS✅✅Collectivism; individuality is nonexistent. Everything is a routine
What does Equality mean when he says, "They"? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Liberty
Who is Liberty and what does she do? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅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
ANSWERS✅✅She is attracted to him
Why does Equality care about Liberty's age? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅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 ANSWERS✅✅They are in fear, have
nightmares. Their nightmares are normal to us but different to equality
