Anthem Final Test Name

Anthem Final Test Name: ___________
Date: ___________
1. What name does the Golden One
initially give Equality 7-2521?
A. Prometheus
B. the Proud One
C. the Unconquered
D. the Saint of the Pyre
2. What job does the Council of
Vocations assign to Equality 7-2521?
A. Peasant
B. Scholar
C. Street Sweeper
D. Leader
3. Supposedly how long ago was the
candle invented?
A. 50 years ago
B. 100 years ago
C. 200 years ago
D. 150 years ago
4. What is the Unspeakable Word?
A. Anthem
B. I
C. Individual
D. Ego
5. What does Equality 7-2521 research
while in the tunnel?
A. The human body
B. Gravity
C. Light
D. Electricity
6. Which Street Sweeper is too dullwitted
to feel the oppression of
collectivism?
A. Fraternity 2-5503
B. Solidarity 9-6347
C. Alliance 6-7349
D. Union 5-3992
7. Who is the head of the World Council
of Scholars?
A. Unanimity 7-3304
B. Collective 0-0009
C. Harmony 9-2642
D. Union 5-3992
8. What does Equality 7-2521 secretly
name the Transgressor?
A. the Martyr
B. the Unburnable One
C. the Unconquered
D. the Saint of the Pyre
9. During what activity does Equality 7-
2521 escape to the tunnels?
A. Dinner
B. City Hall
C. City Theatre
D. Hymn of Equality
10. At what age do men join the Home
of the Useless?
A. 40
B. 45
C. 50
D. 55
11. What is the last word in the story?
A. Anthem
B. I
C. Ego
D. Man
12. How does Equality 7-2521 escape
the Palace of Corrective Detention?
A. He walks out the door uncontested.
B. He picks the locks.
C. He knocks out some guards.
D. He lies to the Judges.

13. Why does Equality 7-2521 rename
himself Prometheus?
A. Because Prometheus was a Greek god
B. Because Prometheus brought light to
man
C. Because Prometheus invented light
D. Because Prometheus was a king
among men
14. What does the Golden One say to
Equality 7-2521 after he discovers "I"?
A. I am proud.
B. So it shall be.
C. Gaea shall be my name.
D. I love you.
15. Why does Equality 7-2521 protect
his glass box?
A. Because he wants to help humanity
B. Because he is proud of his creation
C. Because he wants to rejoin society
D. Because he wants to sell it
16. What is the most evil word in the
language (according to Rand)?
A. “I”
B. “You”
C. “We”
D. “They”
17. For how long does Equality 7-2521
remain in the Palace of Corrective
Detention?
A. 40 days
B. 28 days
C. 21 days
D. 30 days
18. Where does Equality 7-2521 go
when he is exiled?
A. The tunnel
B. The Palace of Corrective Detention
C. The forest
D. His new house
19. Of whom does Equality 7-2521
consider himself a disciple?
A. The Golden One
B. Jesus Christ
C. Collective 0-0009
D. The Transgressor of the Unspeakable
Word
20. What color is the light of the glass
box?
A. Red
B. Blue
C. White
D. Yellow
21. How does Equality 7-2521 discover
electricity?
A. In a thunderstorm
B. By sticking his finger in a socket
C. While dissecting a frog hanging on a
copper wire
D. The Golden One tells him about it
22. What ended the Unmentionable
Times?
A. Great Rebirth
B. Great Triumph
C. Great Fighting
D. Great War
23. What color are the walls of the
Home of the Students?
A. Beige
B. Black
C. White
D. Red
24. Where does Equality 7-2521
converse with the Golden One?
A. On the road
B. On the field
C. In the tunnel
D. At the hedge

25. What age is the Golden One?
A. 16
B. 17
C. 18
D. 19
26. Why is Equality 7-2521 pleased at
the Golden One's age?
A. They may meet in the Palace of
Mating.
B. She has not entered the Palace of
Mating.
C. She will soon be assigned a
profession.
D. She has not yet entered the Home of
the Useless.
27. What does the Golden One offer to
Equality 7-2521?
A. A hug
B. A kiss
C. Water
D. Food from the fields
28. Why does Equality 7-2521 get sent
to the Palace of Corrective Detention?
A. For refusing to tell the Home Council
where he was one night
B. For inventing the light bulb
C. For talking to the Golden One
D. For drinking out of the wrong water
fountain
29. How is Equality 7-2521 punished in
the Palace of Corrective Detention?
A. Lashes
B. Thirst
C. Heat
D. Starvation
30. Why does the Council of Vocations
give Equality 7-2521 his job?
A. Because he is too independent to be
allowed a higher position.
B. Because they think he needs to learn
the value of work
C. Because they have no other positions
D. Because they regard him as a worthy
individual
31. Who is International 4-8818?
A. The Golden One’s father
B. A member of the World Council of
Scholars
C. Equality 7-2521’s best friend
D. One of the screamers at the Home of
the Students
32. Where does Equality 7-2521 write
the beginning part of the novella?
A. In a cave
B. In a tunnel
C. At his house
D. On the street
33. What does the Golden One do for a
living?
A. She is a scholar
B. She is a street sweeper
C. She is a cook
D. She is a peasant
34. Why do the members of the World
Council of Scholars reject the light bulb?
A. Because they are afraid of it
B. Because the bulb doesn’t work
C. Because they already have one
D. Because the bulb is too bright

35. Why does Equality 7-2521 decide to
offer the World Council of Scholars the
light bulb?
A. He wants to help his brothers
B. He wants the World Council of
Scholars to forgive him for not telling
the Home Council where he had been
C. He wants the World Council of
Scholars to pay him
for his invention
D. He wants to barter the light bulb for a
date with the
Golden One
36. Where does Equality 7-2521 meet
the Golden One?
A. In the Palace of Mating
B. At the World Council of Scholars
C. In the field
D. At the Home of Students
37. What word doesn’t the Golden One
know until the end of the novella?
A. “You”
B. “Them”
C. “We”
D. “I”
38. What does Equality 7-2521 do for a
living, officially?
A. He sweeps the streets
B. He invents things
C. He builds houses
D. He fights for equality
39. Who is Prometheus?
A. The Roman god of fire
B. The Golden One
C. The man who stole fire from the gods
D. The god of the underworld
40. At the end of the novella, Equality 7-
2521 does not plan to do which of the
following?
A. Kill Collective 0-0009
B. Save International 4-8818
C. Put up wire around his house
D. Raise his son as a man
41. The first time they meet, what does
Equality 7-2521 say to the Golden One?
A. “What is your name?”
B. “Dearest one . . .”
C. “We love you.”
D. Nothing
42. What does Equality 7-2521 believe
is the most important concept known to
man?
A. Light
B. Ego
C. Privacy
D. Silence
43. Why does Equality 7-2521 break out
of the Palace of Corrective Detention?
A. The World Council is meeting
B. He is being tortured
C. The Golden One needs him
D. He wants to work on his inventions
44. When does the story take place?
A. 1984
B. 2015
C. 1917
D. The year is unspecified
45. How does Equality 7-2521 escape
the Palace of Corrective Detention?
A. He threatens not to give the World
Council the light bulb
B. He tunnels out
C. He steals the keys
D. He kicks the door down

46. Where does the story take place?
A. New York
B. Poland
C. Russia
D. The location is unspecified
47. What is the name of Ayn Rand’s
philosophy?
A. Objectivism
B. Subjectivism
C. Collectivism
D. Socialism
48. Equality 7-2521 discovers which of
the following?
A. Lightning
B. Electricity
C. Subatomic particles
D. Greek manuscripts
49. Why don’t the students talk to each
other?
A. They don’t have anything to say
B. They are not allowed
C. They are afraid that the others might
not agree with what they say
D. They know they already agree
50. Who built the house in which
Equality 7-2521 and the Golden One live
at the end of the novella?
A. The Homebuilders
B. The Golden One
C. Equality 7-2521
D. Men from the Unmentionable Times