Honors English Anthem Comprehension Questions Chapters 1-3

What does the detail that all citizens in the society of Anthem must wear an iron bracelet engraved with their name mainly suggest?

The loss of freedom & individuality to show that they all have to look the same.

How does the detail that teachers deploring Equality 7-2521’s height add to the development of readers’ understanding of novel’s society?

It shows the extreme control over the citizens physical & mental traits.

What is the central idea pf the inscription above the entrance to the palace of the world council?

To show that people of society are supposed to be united as one.

How does the setting mainly contribute to the plot of Anthem?

It develops how Equality 7-2521 is not like the society and how he is breaking the rules.

Explain what is suggested by the phrase “the Unmentionable Times”?

It might be suggested that freedom, individuality, electricity, etc existed before the world got destroyed and renew into the new society.

Anthem is told in the ______ tense, from a _____ point of view

1. present and past

2. first-person

Explain how does Equality 7-2521 & Liberty 5-3000 initially communicated?

Giving each other glances & waving at each other

Describe: What are Equality 7-2521’s first two Transgressions of Preference?

Wanting to be a science and in the Home of Scholars and preferring Liberty 5-3000 over most people. 

What does Equality 7-2521 privately renaming Liberty 5-3000 mainly demonstrate?

It demonstrates his personal love for her and they both having the same outlook of the society.

Which literary devices is used to describe Equality 7-2521’s interactions with the Transgressor?

Personification

How does falling in love add to the development of Equality 7-2521’s character.

It shows how willing Equality is willing branch out of the rules of the society and how they both might have the same outlook on the society .

What is the penalty for uttering the Unspeakable Word?

Being burned alive and your tongue being cut out (public execution)