ANTHEM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Equality 7-2521, male, 21 years old, 6ft tall, thinks himself as evil - Answers- Briefly
describe the main character.
He's taller then most men; 6ft tall, so "there is evil in his bones" - Answers- How is
Equality cursed? What makes him different from others?
The Home of The Useless, where the Old Ones live (they reverted back to death at 45)
- Answers- At age 40, everyone is expected to go to __.
Home of the Infants: where Equality lived till he were 5 years old, together with all the
children of the City who had been born in the same year. The sleeping halls there were
white and clean and bare of all things save 100 beds. He was just like all his brothers
then, except 1 transgression: he fought with his brothers. There are few offenses
blacker than to fight with brothers, at any age and for any cause whatsoever. The
Council of the Home told him so, and of all the children of that year, he was locked in
the cellar most often.
They find it upon scraps of old manuscripts or cut into the fragments of ancient stones.
But when they speak it they are put to death - Answers- What's ironic about this crime?
Equality will either die like him or will come to know the unspeakable word. He's been
"chosen" - Answers- Explain the foreshadowing of the Transgressor's execution.
cutting open the body of a dead frog when we saw its leg jerking. It was dead, yet it
moved. Some power unknown to men was making it move. We could not understand it.
Then, after many tests, we found the answer. The frog had been hanging on a wire of
copper; and it had been the metal of our knife which had sent the strange power to the
copper through the brine of the frog's body. We put a piece of copper and a piece of
zinc into a jar of brine, we touched a wire to them, and there, under our fingers, was a
miracle which had never occurred before, a new miracle and a new power. metal draws
the power of the sky, and that metal can be made to give it forth. - Answers- What
discovery did Equality make while experimenting with a frog?
No single one can possess greater wisdom than the many Scholars who are elected by
all men for their wisdom. - Answers- What sin did he commit when doing this?
Nicknames- The Golden One (Liberty) and The Unconquered (Equality) - Answers-
What names do Liberty and Equality give one another?
They're not supposed to call anyone "our dearest one" or have special/secret names -
Answers- Whats the significance of this name-giving?
, Equality can't cross the hedge. This is where they first feel love that they don't
understand - Answers- What is the significance of Liberty cupping water for Equality?
A lightbulb - Answers- What's the glass box Equality finds from the Unmentionable
Times?
what we look like. Men never see their own faces and never ask their brothers about it,
for it is evil to have concern for their own faces or bodies. But tonight, for a reason we
cannot fathom, we wish it were possible to us to know the likeness of our own person. -
Answers- After making his final discovery, what does Equality wish to see for the first
time?
Home of the Students: sent there when he was 5. There are 10 wards, for his 10 years
of learning. Men must learn till they reach their 15th year. Then they go to work. In the
Home of the Students they arose when the big bell rang in the tower and went to their
beds when it rang again. Before he removed his garments, he stood in the great
sleeping hall, and raised his right arms, and sai - Answers- Describe the Home of the
Infants and the Home of the Students:
Home of The Street Sweepers - Answers- Where did Equality go from the House of
Students?
Preferred some work and lessons to the others. Didn't listen well to the history of all the
Councils elected since the Great Rebirth, but loved the Science of Things. He wished to
know about all the things which make the earth around us and asked so many
questions that the Teachers forbade it. Home of The Scholars - Answers- What was his
first great Transgression of Preference?
No cars-horse and buggy, no electricity-candlelight, glass-windows discovered 100yrs
ago - Answers- In what ways was this society behind in technology?
Glass vials, the pieces of metal, the dried bones which they had discarded. - Answers-
What did Equality save when he cleaned the yard of the Scholars?
International 4-8818 and Equality are friends. This is an evil thing to say, for it is a
transgression, the great Transgression of Preference, to love any among men better
than the others, since they must love all men and all men are their friends - Answers-
What was sinful about his relationship with International?
An iron bar among the weeds. It was old and rusted by many rains. We pulled with all
our strength, but we could not move it. So we called International 4-8818, and together
we scraped the earth around the bar. Of a sudden the earth fell in before us, and we
saw an old iron grill over a black hole. Subway. A great tunnel. Its walls were hard and
smooth to the touch; it felt like stone, but it was not stone. On the ground there were
long thin tracks of iron, but it was not iron; it felt smooth and cold as glass. We knelt,
and we crawled forward, our hand groping along the iron line to see where it would lead.
Equality 7-2521, male, 21 years old, 6ft tall, thinks himself as evil - Answers- Briefly
describe the main character.
He's taller then most men; 6ft tall, so "there is evil in his bones" - Answers- How is
Equality cursed? What makes him different from others?
The Home of The Useless, where the Old Ones live (they reverted back to death at 45)
- Answers- At age 40, everyone is expected to go to __.
Home of the Infants: where Equality lived till he were 5 years old, together with all the
children of the City who had been born in the same year. The sleeping halls there were
white and clean and bare of all things save 100 beds. He was just like all his brothers
then, except 1 transgression: he fought with his brothers. There are few offenses
blacker than to fight with brothers, at any age and for any cause whatsoever. The
Council of the Home told him so, and of all the children of that year, he was locked in
the cellar most often.
They find it upon scraps of old manuscripts or cut into the fragments of ancient stones.
But when they speak it they are put to death - Answers- What's ironic about this crime?
Equality will either die like him or will come to know the unspeakable word. He's been
"chosen" - Answers- Explain the foreshadowing of the Transgressor's execution.
cutting open the body of a dead frog when we saw its leg jerking. It was dead, yet it
moved. Some power unknown to men was making it move. We could not understand it.
Then, after many tests, we found the answer. The frog had been hanging on a wire of
copper; and it had been the metal of our knife which had sent the strange power to the
copper through the brine of the frog's body. We put a piece of copper and a piece of
zinc into a jar of brine, we touched a wire to them, and there, under our fingers, was a
miracle which had never occurred before, a new miracle and a new power. metal draws
the power of the sky, and that metal can be made to give it forth. - Answers- What
discovery did Equality make while experimenting with a frog?
No single one can possess greater wisdom than the many Scholars who are elected by
all men for their wisdom. - Answers- What sin did he commit when doing this?
Nicknames- The Golden One (Liberty) and The Unconquered (Equality) - Answers-
What names do Liberty and Equality give one another?
They're not supposed to call anyone "our dearest one" or have special/secret names -
Answers- Whats the significance of this name-giving?
, Equality can't cross the hedge. This is where they first feel love that they don't
understand - Answers- What is the significance of Liberty cupping water for Equality?
A lightbulb - Answers- What's the glass box Equality finds from the Unmentionable
Times?
what we look like. Men never see their own faces and never ask their brothers about it,
for it is evil to have concern for their own faces or bodies. But tonight, for a reason we
cannot fathom, we wish it were possible to us to know the likeness of our own person. -
Answers- After making his final discovery, what does Equality wish to see for the first
time?
Home of the Students: sent there when he was 5. There are 10 wards, for his 10 years
of learning. Men must learn till they reach their 15th year. Then they go to work. In the
Home of the Students they arose when the big bell rang in the tower and went to their
beds when it rang again. Before he removed his garments, he stood in the great
sleeping hall, and raised his right arms, and sai - Answers- Describe the Home of the
Infants and the Home of the Students:
Home of The Street Sweepers - Answers- Where did Equality go from the House of
Students?
Preferred some work and lessons to the others. Didn't listen well to the history of all the
Councils elected since the Great Rebirth, but loved the Science of Things. He wished to
know about all the things which make the earth around us and asked so many
questions that the Teachers forbade it. Home of The Scholars - Answers- What was his
first great Transgression of Preference?
No cars-horse and buggy, no electricity-candlelight, glass-windows discovered 100yrs
ago - Answers- In what ways was this society behind in technology?
Glass vials, the pieces of metal, the dried bones which they had discarded. - Answers-
What did Equality save when he cleaned the yard of the Scholars?
International 4-8818 and Equality are friends. This is an evil thing to say, for it is a
transgression, the great Transgression of Preference, to love any among men better
than the others, since they must love all men and all men are their friends - Answers-
What was sinful about his relationship with International?
An iron bar among the weeds. It was old and rusted by many rains. We pulled with all
our strength, but we could not move it. So we called International 4-8818, and together
we scraped the earth around the bar. Of a sudden the earth fell in before us, and we
saw an old iron grill over a black hole. Subway. A great tunnel. Its walls were hard and
smooth to the touch; it felt like stone, but it was not stone. On the ground there were
long thin tracks of iron, but it was not iron; it felt smooth and cold as glass. We knelt,
and we crawled forward, our hand groping along the iron line to see where it would lead.
