Anthem Study Guide Questions
Chapter II
1. Re-read the account of Liberty 5-3000 on page 38-39. What does the reader know about her character from Equality’s descriptions?
2. Find several examples of the ways in which this society tries to obliterate each
individual’s mind (and self!) by quashing personal choices, desires, and
values.
3. Read this description from page 46:
|Yet as we stand at night in the great hall, removing our garments for sleep, we look upon our brothers and we wonder. The heads of|
|our brothers are bowed. The eyes of our brothers are dull, and never do they look one another in the eyes. The shoulders of our |
|brothers are hunched, and their muscles are drawn, as if their bodies were shrinking and wished to shrink out of sight. And a word|
|steals into our mind, as we look upon our brothers, and that word is fear. |
a. Based on this paragraph, how does the way Equality 7-2521 acts and
lives differ from that of the rest of the men living in this society?
b.) Out of all the possible emotions humans feel – joy, anger, exhaustion,
embarrassment, etc.), why is fear the one emotion people seem to
have in this society?
4. a.) What word is Equality struggling to recapture on page 49?
b.) How could mentioning this one word be the only crime punishable by
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death in this society? What might it be or mean?
c.) Why does Equality 7-2521 still remember the Transgressor?
5. What is the new name Equality 7-2521 gives Liberty 5-3000? How is his act of giving her a name significant?
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Chapter III
1. a.) What does Equality discover in this chapter?
b) Why is this discovery important? What does the fact that Equality
discovered it so quickly say about his own intelligence and that of the
Scholars?
2. Describe some of the beliefs that the Council of Scholars holds. What does
Equality say to argue against those beliefs?
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Chapter IV
1. How is Equality’s new name, “Unconquered,” appropriate? Why does Liberty
5-3000 decide on that name?
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Chapter V
1. Equality understands that his invention will benefit mankind greatly. However,
this was not his main motivation in conducting his experiments and it is not
the primary source of the great joy he experiences. Explain.
2. In your opinion, why is Equality so interested in seeing his own image at this
point in the novel? What emotion is he feeling?
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Chapter VI
1. How does Equality 7-2521 get caught? What does he actually confess when
tortured?
2. The old locks and lack of guards in the Palace of Corrective Detention
indicate that prisoners never tried to escape. Why not?
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Chapter VII
1. Outline four of the Council’s reasons for rejecting Equality’s invention.
2. What are the real reasons behind the Council’s rejection and fear of the gift?
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3. What does Equality mean, at the beginning of the chapter, when he says, “We
are old now, but we were young this morning” (p. 68)?
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Chapter VIII
1. What is Equality experiencing for the first time in this chapter, and what does
he feel as a result?
2. Explain why Equality laughs when he remembers that he is “the Damned.”
3. What does the Uncharted Forest symbolize in Anthem?
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Chapter IX
1. On pages 82–83, Liberty describes how Equality differs from his fellow men
(Passage beginning “Your eyes are a flame…”).
Summarize what she is
trying to say.
2. In this chapter, Equality questions the morality of his former society. Contrast
what he was previously taught about solitude, good, evil, and joy to what he
now believes.
3. Read what Liberty tries to say to equality on page 87.
|“We are on . . . alone . . . and only . . . and we love you who are one . . . alone |
|. . . and only.” |
What is she trying to say?
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Chapter X
1. Describe the house Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000 find. Explain what
exactly is inside the house and explain why Liberty and Equality find it so
strange and unique.
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Chapter XI
1. What great discovery does Equality make in this chapter?
2. Explain the following quotes in your own words, and discuss how they can be
applied to your life:
a) “Whatever road I take, the guiding star is within me”.
b) “For the word “We” must never be spoken, save by one’s choice and as
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a second thought.”
3. What does Equality now realize is the proper goal and purpose of his life?
4. Re-read the incident with the Saint of the pyre (pg. 49 – 51).
What was he
trying to communicate to Equality?
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Chapter XII
1. Why do the main characters take the names Prometheus and Gaea? What
do their new names mean or stand for? Why weren’t they allowed to choose
their names in their old society?
2. What does Prometheus plan to do in the future?
3. Prometheus reaches the important realization that, “To be free, a man must
be free of his brothers.” What examples are there in the novel Anthem that
prove this statement?
4. What does Prometheus reveal about how the old ‘civilization’ ended and his
new one began?
