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ANTHEM by Ayn Rand--- Worksheet
Author’s Foreword pg. xiv
1.) Who is the author?
2.)
When was the story written?
3.)
The first paragraph sounds like a defense of the book. Why?
4.)
About what do critics say she is being unfair?
5.) Which of the following is NOT something with which the author would agree?
pg. xv “X” your answer.
(a.) The state is best qualified to decide where a man can be useful to others.
(b.) The state is not the best qualified to decide where a man can be useful to
others.
(c.) A man’s work should be for his own need, desire, gain.
6.) What does the author suggest about proposals that are seen as beneficial to the
“common good” of all?
7.)
With what does Rand equate collectivism? pg. xvi
8.)
When did she write this foreword?
Chapter 1
9.)
What is the worst sin? pg. 17
10.) What is a fearful word?
11.) What does the law say about being alone?
12.) How many people is “we”?
13.) What is the name of “we”?
14.) Describe Equality 7-2521.
15.) How is he different and what do the teachers and leaders say about him?
16.) Complete this motto: pg. 19
We are one in all and all in one.
17.) Where are these words written?
18.) Of what must they never speak?
19.) Who are the ones who do; where do they live?
20.) Describe the sleepiing halls. pg. 20
21.) What did “we” do there and what happened to “us”?
22.) After ___ years of learning, the men must ___.
23.) What did they do at bedtime? pg. 21
24.) What was the problem for Equality 7-2521 at the Home of the Students?
25.) Who is Union 5-3992?
26.) Who chooses the work for the students? What do they tell the students if they are
not needed by their brothers? pg. 22
27.) Of what is Equality 7-2521 guilty? pg. 22 What did “we” want to know? pg. 23
28.) What does the Council of Scholars say about mysteries?
29.) Where does Equality 7-2521 want to go?
30.) What are the newest inventions? pg. 24
31.) Where are questions not forbidden?
32.) When did the Council of Vocations come? pg. 25
33.) What is considered the greatest house in the city?
34.) Describe the Council. pg. 25, 26
35.) What job is Equality 7-2521 assigned and what is this called?
36.) Where does Equality 7-2521 live? pg. 27
37.) Where do they go at the end of the day?
38.) What do they sing?
39.) Then where do they go? pg. 28
40.) What sentence do we see repeated for the third time?
41.) Where are they sent at age 40? Why?
42.) Who are the Ancient Ones?
43.) What did Equality 7-2521 collect and where did “we” keep them? pg. 29
44.) How is International 4-8818 different from Union 5-3992 ?
45.) What is not proper?
46.) What is the trangression? pg. 30
47.) What frightens them?
48.) About what must men not think?
49.) What did they see in the ground? pg. 31
50.) What had Equality 7-2521 entered? pg. 32
51.) What did Equality 7-2521 know?
52.) What did Equality 7-2521 do? pg. 33
53.) What did Equality 7-2521 tell International 4-8818?
54.) How does International 4-8818 react? pg. 34
55.) What does Equality 7-2521 do each night from then on and for how long each
night? pg. 35
56.) What does Equality 7-2521 do each night?
57.) What has Equality 7-2521 stolen? pg. 36
58.) What does Equality 7-2521 learn?
59.) What purpose does Equality 7-2521’s work serve?
60.) What does Equality 7-2521 experience for the first time in 20 years? pg. 37
Chapter 2
Take reading notes on this chapter. Make sure to notice:
*Liberty 5-3000/description
*Home of the Peasants
*Description of fields
*Clothing
*Eyes
*Interaction between Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-300
*Pain/pleasure
*Trangressions
*The New Name
*Time of Mating
*International 4-8818
*Union 5-3992
*”Not one of our brothers/not one of our sisters”
*Age
*Hatred
*Wisdom
*Singing
*Fear
*Betrayal of body
*Council of the Home
*Value of living/dying
*”If this is a vice, then we wish no virtue.”
*Fraternity 2-5503
*Solidarity 9-6347
*Screaming in the night
*Silence
*Uncharted Forest
*Unmentionable Times
*The great fighting
*Evils Ones
*Dawn of the Great Rebirth
*Script fire
*Unspeakable word
*The one crime punished by death
*The Trangressor of the Unspeakable Crime
*Saints
*The Saint of the pyre’s eyes-begging what?
Chapter 3
1.) What does the Council say about existence? pg. 52
2.) Why does Equality 7-2521 think he should be “lashed”?
3.) How does he discover this power?
4.) What does the power cause? pg. 53
5.) How far can he travel in the tunnel?
6.) Who is with him in his newfound knowledge? pg. 54
7.) What is wrong with being “alone in our knowledge”?
Chapter 4
1.) What is the new name he has given her?
2.) What is the new name she has given him?
3.) What happened between them?
Chapter 5
1.) What did he “discover” with the remains from the Unmentionable Times? pg. 59
2.) What does he want to do with his discovery? pg. 60-61
3.) What does he want the World Council of Scholars to do?
4.) What would others do if they discovered the secret?
5.) What does he care about for the first time?
6.) What is considered evil? pg. 62
Chapter 6
1.) Why has he not written for 30 days? pg. 63
2.) What did he answer when asked, “Where have you been?” by the Council of the
Home.
3.) Where was he taken? pg. 64
4.) What happened there? pg. 64-65
5.) Where was he taken after that? pg.66
6.) What happened there?
7.) Why is it easy to escape from the Palace of Corrective Detention? pg. 67
8.) What does he do?
9.) What does he plan to do?
Chapter 7
1.) Where is he now? pg. 68
2.) Where was he this morning? pg. 68
3.) What happened? pg. 69-75
4.) What does International 1-5537 say when he learns that Equality 7-2521 workedn
on the light alone?
5.) To what would it bring ruin? pg. 73
6.) What would happen to the Plans of the World Council? pg. 74
7.) What happens if the toil of men is lightened?
8.) What is the decision of Collective 0-0009?
9.) How does Equality 7-2521 react? pg. 75
10.) What does he know he must do?
11.) Where did he end up?
12.) What has he heard of the corruption to be found in solitude? pg. 76
13.) Why did he build the box?
14.) Why does he feel pain? pg. 77
Chapter 8
1.) What is different about this day? pg. 78
2.) What did he do to the bird? pg. 79
3.) In what does he find satisfaction?
4.) What does he see for the first time? pg. 80
5.) What is his reaction?
6.) What does he remember?
7.) Why can’t he speak?
Chapter 9
1.) Why has he not written? pg. 81
2.) Who appears?
3.) How did she find her way? pg. 82
4.) What does she tell him?
5.) What are the comparisons she makes? pg. 83
6.) What did he do?
7.) What frightens him?
8.) What does he tell her?
9.) What is the one ecstacy granted to the race of men? pg.84
10.) What questions does he ask? pg. 85
11.) What does the Golden One say? pg. 86
12.) Why does she feel torn? p g. 87
Chapter 10
Take reading notes on this chapter. Make sure to notice:
*Age of paper for writing
*Where are they?
*The mountains
*The house
*Unmentionable Times
*Colors
*Glass
*Garments
*Manuscripts
*Language
*Ownership
*Golden One’s response
*Goat
*Fascination with reflection
*Expectations of the earth
*Creation of meaning
Chapter 11
1.) What are the words/answer? pg. 94
2.)
What is the end of the quest?
3.)
What grants beauty to the earth, song to the world?
4.)
What allows thought, truth, choice?
5.)
What three words are holy? pg. 95
6.)
What/who is the guiding star/where does the loadstone point?
7.) What are his thoughts about earth?
8.) What does he say about his happiness?
9.) What does he say about sharing?
10.) What must be earned? pg. 96
11.) What goes into the choice of friends?
12.) What word must never be spoken except by choice?
13.) What does the word “we” do? pg. 97
14.) To what does he say “we” contributes?
15.) What word represents God?
Chapter 12
Take reading notes. Make sure to notice:
*Where the word “I” appeared
*Spirit of man
*Names
*Heir
*Same cause, same word
*A new life
*Living one’s own truth
*The City City
*Gathering those with living spirit
*Freedom
*Enslavement/breaking the chains
*Worship of the word “we”
*Abdicating the power of “I”
*Battle never lost
*The cycle of man
*Future orientation
*Beacon, banner; sacred word