Anthem - Ayn Rand

Which of the following is NOT ironic?

• Equality's name

• The society's rules are aimed at making people happy, yet men live in fear

• The World Council of Scholars is afraid of the box (electricity)

• Equality missed his curfew because he was working in the tunnel

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In this society, which is most important?

• the collective working together as "we"

• job assignments

• the decisions from the House of Scholars

• sticking to a schedule

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CCSS.W.9-10.1

How does the tone of Anthem change throughout the book?

• angry to frightened to sad

• remorseful to happy to anxious

• guilty to hopeful to empowered

• eager to sad to depressed

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Why is is appropriate that the narrator tells the story in the first person point of view?

• The story is about falling in love

• The story is mainly about the rights and freedoms of the individual

• The narrator lives in a society where is acceptable to use first person pronouns

• No one talks about their feelings so the narrator doesn't know what other people feel

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the turning point of the novel?

• When Equality finds the tunnel

• When Equality meets Liberty

• When Equality present the glass box and it is rejected by the World Council

• When Equality is beaten because he will not say where he has been

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which is not a component of the collectivist culture of the World Council?

• The needs of the many are more important than the needs of a single person

• Men serve one another, not themselves

• The good of the many outweighs the good of the indivdual

• A person may pursue his own ideas of happiness

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

What bothers Equality when he finds out that Liberty is 17 years old?

• She is not old enough to date

• She is not old enough to marry him

• She will be assigned to someone for mating in one year

• She is allowed to move away when she is 18 and he won't see her again

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How is the home Equality finds in the forest different from where he lived with the street sweepers?

• The Home of the Sweepers has 100 beds, while the home has only two

• The home in the forest has mirrors

• The home in the forest is colorful

• All these answers are correct

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The reader can infer that Fraternity cries a lot because

• he is unhappy with society's expectations

• he misses his family

• he doesn't like his boss

• his girlfriend rejected him

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Why is Prometheus a fitting name for Equality?

• Prometheus loved mortals and wanted them to have more power than gods

• Prometheus is punished for bringing light to people

• Prometheus rebuilds society just as Equality wishes to do

• Prometheus famously showed soldiers how to set fire to camps

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

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CCSS.RL.9-10.7