Unit 3 (ANTHEM) Review

“It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see...And we know well that there is no transgression blacker than to do or think alone.” This quote from the text indicates the degree to which

• society is beginning to think independently and for themselves

• the secret papers of society have been kept anonymous

• society has rebelled against Equality 7-2521

• society has affected the development of the thoughts of Equality 7-2521

In the beginning of the novel, Equality 7-2521 is condemned by the Teachers and Leaders who tell him, “There is evil in your bones.” What causes this condemnation?

• He finds he has a terminal disease, but people don’t understand the disease process

• He meets Prometheus and learns about individuality

• He is taller than most men and differences are frowned upon

• He has a family history that is conducive of supporting working as a group.

What can be inferred about the setting and time period of this story?

• The story is set after the Unmentionable Times, which represent the time period Rand lived in.

• The World Council of Scholars was a real creation of the 1930s, and this story was set in the future by Ayn Rand.

• The Uncharted Forest is an allusion to Greek mythology and the story is set in the distant past.

• The Home of the Students, Artists, and Street Sweepers is an allusion to the novel Utopia and the story is set in the present day.

“In the Home of the Useless...they whisper many strange things, of the towers which rose to the sky, in those Unmentionable Times, and of the wagons which moved without horses, and of the lights which burned without flame.” This quote from the text indicates that

• people dream of a future that is more technologically advanced.

• the society has reverted back to a time with limited resources and technology

• as people age, they ramble on endlessly.

• society discards people who do not conform.

What is the meaning of "infamy"?

• the state of having excessive pride in one’s ability to govern

• the state of being well known for some bad quality or deed

• the state of being open to danger or threat

• the state of undiagnosed insanity

“For this wire is part of our body, as a vein torn from us, glowing with our blood. Are we proud of this thread of metal, or of our hands which made it, or is there a line to divide these two?” Equality 7-2521’s words in this passage show the reader that Equality 7-2521

• is acting more like a robot than as an individual human being.

• is working toward winning praise for his innovative invention.

• seeks to incorporate metal into his body so that it will interact with a societal magnet.

• feels accomplished as he is beginning to realize the power of his mind.

What does the Uncharted Forest symbolize?

• A philosophical journey of Prometheus

• Precepts of collectivism that will make one happy

• A connection between the secrets of the past and the mysteries of and hopes for the future

• Illogical thinking by other members of the community

Equality 7-2521 tells himself that he loves his glass box because of its potential for society’s benefit, but, in reality, he cherishes it because

• it is the product of his own ingenuity and rationality, and it is an extension of his ego or self.

• it is a secret that he will keep from the Council of Scholars, and they will look ignorant.

• he knows it will win him praise, and he will earn special privileges.

• he wants to impress the Golden One so that she will love him back.

When Equality 7-2521 takes his invention to the Council of Scholars, he hopes too optimistically that the Council of Scholars will

• admit that they do not know everything, and they have been blind.

• ask him to join them and be on the board.

• be ashamed and dissolve themselves.

• embrace him and have his vocation changed.

When Equality 7-2521 begins to speak in the first-person singular rather than the first-person plural, he finds that he has found the answer for his existence NOT in humanity but in

• WE.

• himself.

• the Golden One.

• the collective society.