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1:  Why does International 4-8818 not tell the Councils about Equality 7-2521’s exploration of the abandoned tunnel?

a. He is afraid to be punished for his part in the forbidden activity.

b. He protects his friend from being lashed to death.

c. It isn’t important enough.

d. He forgot.
2:  Why does the Golden One pursue Equality 7-2521 into the Uncharted Forest?

a. She is willing to risk her life to be with the man she loves.

b. She is an independent woman who goes by her own judgment.

c. Life in such a collectivist society is intolerable.

d. All of the above.
3:  After inventing the electric light, why does Equality 7-2521 want to know about his appearance?

a. He has become vain.

b. Now he can see himself.

c. He has increased pride in himself.

d. He wonders what the Golden One will think.
4:  Why is the Saint of the Pyre burned at the stake?

a. He discovered and spoke the forbidden word.

b. He befriended Equality 7-2521.

c. He tried to escape from the collectivist dictatorship.

d. He defied the Council of Vocations by refusing to sweep streets.
5:  Where does Equality 7-2521 perform his scientific research?

a. In an abandoned tunnel of the Unmentionable Times.

b. In the cellar of the Home of Scholars.

c. In an old barn by the river.

d. In the Uncharted Forest.
6:  In what form is the story of Anthem written?

a. As Equality 7-2521’s diary.

b. As a series of newspaper accounts.

c. As a biography written by the Golden One after Equality 7-2521’s death.

d. As a report to the Councils.
7:  What is the main theme of Anthem?

a. The divine versus the government

b. The government versus the jurisprudence

c. The collective versus the government

d. The individual versus the collective
8:  Where does the story take place?

a. A commune in 1932

b. A collectivist dictatorship of the future

c. In the Soviet Union, just after the revolution of 1917

d. Poughkeepsie
9:  What word is forbidden as a means of expressing individualism?

a. Free

b. Want

c. I

d. Power
10:  Why did the Scholars recommend Equality 7-2521 be executed?

a. He was a Communist

b. He was selfish

c. He was an independent thinker

d. He was an egomaniac
11:  What does Equality 7-2521 find in the Uncharted Forest?

a. A home from the Unmentionable Times

b. An old man who still manages to think and act alone

c. Poison ivy

d. A child's diary that documents the revolution
12:  Who says the following: "I am, I think, I will."

a. Collective 0-0009

b. Equality 7-2521

c. Solidarity 9-6347

d. the Saint of the Pyre
13:  Who says the following: "Rather shall we be evil with you than good with all our brothers."

a. Liberty 5-3000

b. Fraternity 2-5503

c. Solidarity 9-6347

d. International 4-8818


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