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ANTHEM - test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Dystopia

a)

An imagined place in which social or technological trends have culminated in a greatly diminished quality of life.

b)

The concern with one’s own interests meaning that oneself, rather than others, is the proper beneficiary of one’s actions.

c)

The central principle is the idea that each individual is responsible for his or her own life.

2.

How does Equality 7-2521 figure out the meaning of an individual?

a)

The Home of the Scholars explain it to him.

b)

Through books at the house that he and The Golden One found.

c)

He figures it out on his own.

3.

What is the unspeakable word?

a)

we

b)

our

c)

I

4.

“Everything which comes from many is good...everything which comes from one is evil” is best classified as the following:

a)

Collectivism

b)

Individualism

c)

The Great Rebirth

5.

What was the reaction from the Home of the Scholars, when Equality 7-2521 presented his creation?

a)

Overjoyed; impressed with what he has created.

b)

Indifferent; really didn’t care about the work he did.

c)

Terror struck; angry that he was working as one and not as a group.

6.

What happened to the Transgressor for saying the “Unspeakable Word”?

a)

His tongue was cut out, and burned alive.

b)

He was banned from the community, and had to leave.

c)

He was sentenced to the Palace of Corrective Detention.

7.

What is a transgression?

a)

a good deed

b)

a job

c)

a crime

8.

What “curse” or “sin” was Equality 7-2521 born with ?

a)

he is blind

b)

he is smart

c)

he is too short

9.

Of the whole range of feelings possible to man, which is the most prevalent emotion to them in this society?

a)

Joy

b)

Excitement

c)

Anger

d)

Fear

10.

After Equality escapes from jail, what does he experience for the first time?

a)

Shame

b)

Fear

c)

Joy

d)

Pain

11.

Even though Equality hopes to be sent to the Home of the Scholars, what home is he assigned to by the Council of Vocations?

a)

Carpenters

b)

Street Sweepers

c)

Peasants

d)

Doctors

12.

What happens when Equality refuses to explain why he is late returning to his assigned home?

a)

He is questioned and tortured

b)

He is sent to the Home of the Useless

c)

He is given an earlier curfew

d)

They investigate and find his tunnel

13.

Where does Equality read, write, and conduct experiments?

a)

A hidden subway tunnel

b)

The Uncharted Forrest

c)

The house on the mountain

d)

The Home of the Students

14.

Anthem is written in the form of...

a)

a biography

b)

a documentary

c)

a diary or journal

d)

an epic poem

15.

Why does Equality rename himself Prometheus?

a)

He took fire from the gods and gave it to man

b)

He was a great hero of the Trojan War

c)

He introduced democracy to the ancient Greeks

d)

He appeared in the bible as a wise prophet

16.

What was the Great Rebirth?

a)

The time when children are born each year

b)

The new society formed in the novel

c)

When Equality discovers freedom

d)

The new seasons of the year

17.

The only transgression punishable by death is

a)

Saying the word "I"

b)

Being alone

c)

Reading

d)

Writing

18.

What are the Unmentionable Times

a)

Any time in the past

b)

The Great Rebirth

c)

When people are send to the Palace of Mating

d)

The scientific age we live in today

19.

Why does Equality 7-2521 decide to offer the World Council of Scholars the lightbulb?

a)

he wants to help his brothers

b)

he wants the World Council of Scholars to forgive him for not telling where he had been

c)

he wants the World Council of Scholars to pay him for his invention

d)

he wants to trade the lightbulb for a date with the Golden One

20.

Equality 7-2521 believes the most important concept known to man is....

a)

light

b)

ego

c)

silence