Anthem Test Review

Anthem Test Review

(1). Author, dystopia, literary form Anthem is written in.
(2). Setting
(3). How does the reader know the story is set in the future?
(4). Why is Equality committing a sin when he writes?
(5). Why does Equality refer to himself as “we”?
(6). What is Equality’s curse? Give specific examples.
(7). Why is the life expectancy so short?
(8). List Equality’s transgressions
(9). How does Equality discover electricity?
(10). Life in the Home of the Students
(11). How does the society in Anthem try to obliterate each individual’s mind.
(12). What emotion is most prevalent in the society of Anthem?
Identify/Know about:
Equality 7-2521
Liberty 5-3000
International 4-8818
Unconquered
The Golden One
Prometheus
Gaea
The Great Truth
the Unmentionable Times
the Uncharted Forest
the Evil Ones
the Great Rebirth
the Palace of Corrective Detention
(13). Why does Equality give the light bulb to the Council?
(14). Where do Equality and Liberty first meet? What does he say to her?
(15). Equality understands that his invention will benefit mankind greatly; however, this was not his main motivation for his experiments. What is the primary source of his “great joy”?
(16). Why has not prisoner ever tried to escape from the Palace of Corrective Detention? Why does he escape?
(17). Why does the Council reject Equality’s invention?
(18). What does Equality mean at the beginning of the chapter VII when he says, “We are old now, but we were young this morning?”
(19). What does the Uncharted Forest symbolize?
(20). The house they found in the forest.
(21). How does Equality react when he sees his reflection for the first time?
(22). What was the Saint of the Pyre trying to communicate to Equality?
(23). What new names do Equality and Liberty take? Why those names?
(24). What are Equality’s plans for the future?
(25). What is the most evil word?
(26). What is the sacred word that Equality says he will cut above the doors and print on his banners?
(27). According to Equality, what is the most important concept or idea?

Terms: Collectivism; Individualism; Altruism; Egoism; Obedience; Conformity
Vocabulary: transgression; vocation; save; mandate; tarry; reel; illustrious; infamy; boon; whim; torrent; ecstasy; solitude; summit; reverence; warrant; edict; covet; depraved; creed; plunder; deliverance; brute; yoke; threshold; savage