Anthem Chapter 3-6 Reading Comprehension

In his tunnel, Equality has been experimenting with

• electricity

• chemistry

• physiology

• alchemy

Just like Equality gave Liberty 5-3000 a name, she has also chosen one for him. The name she calls him is

• the Transgressor

• the Unconquered

• the Leader

• the Chosen One

Liberty and Equality take their Transgression of Preference to a new level when

• he calls her beautiful and the other women of the field hear

• he asks her to run away with him

• he tells her the location of his tunnel

• he drinks water from her hands and kisses them

Equality uses his research to invent

• a new medical process for healing wounds

• a lightbulb in a glass box

• an improved form of making glass

• a new law about relationships that he plans to introduce

Equality says the wire glowing in the box is "as a crack in the wall of a prison." This is which of the following language techniques?

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

• tone

Equality says the wire glowing in the box is "a vein torn from us, glowing with our blood." This is which of the following language techniques?

• imagery and metaphor

• alliteration and metaphor

• imagery and onomatopoeia

• simile and parable

Equality plans to

• present his discovery to the World Council

• present his discovery to the local Council

• present his discovery to those in charge at the Home of the Street Sweepers

• continue to hide in his tunnel and do further research

Equality expects that the World Council will

• see, understand, and forgive

• reassign him to the Home of the Scholars

• see his gift as greater than his crime

• all of the above

In front of the World Council, Equality plans to

• describe his research, but not any other crimes

• confess all of his crimes

• tell most of the truth, but not about the tunnel

After inventing his light bulb, for the first time in his entire life, Equality cares about

• his own body

• the Golden One

• being a part of the larger society