Instructions: Fill in the blanks and respond to each question in order to prepare for the Anthem Test!
1.
Describe the setting of Anthem
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2.
How long do children go to school in Anthem? What happens when their schooling is over?
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3.
When are you considered old in Anthem? Where do you go during old age?
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4.
What point of view is the story written in? Who is the protagonist/narrator?
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5.
Where is the Uncharted Forest?
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List the following things: The narrator’s life goal, the narrator’s favorite subject in school, how tall is the narrator, how old is the narrator, what is his job?
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7.
What is Objectivism? Who created it?
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Who is the Golden One? How old is she, and what is her job?
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9.
What is the government in Anthem? Who rules the people?
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10.
Why does Equality run away from the city?
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11.
What are the names that Equality and Liberty take at the end of the book?
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12.
What idea is most important to the narrator at the end of the novel?
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13.
How does Equality discover electricity?
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Essay Pre-Writing: Explore your book for quotes and passages that relate to the idea that “Free will is the choice to think or not” how is this demonstrated in the book?
Find at least 3 quotes: