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What is the name of the protagonist?
Equality 7-2521
What do the people of this world call the times before the current government took over?
The Unmentionable Times
What is the first new name Equality 7-2521 gives to Liberty 5-3000?
The Golden One
How does the Council of Scholars react to Equality 7-2521's invention?
The reject it and tell him that it must be destroyed.
Why was the bird the most delicious meal Equality 7-2521 had ever tasted?
Because he killed and cooked it himself.
What do we call works of fiction in which the world has gone wrong?
Dystopian
Name one of the sins/crimes that Equality 7-2521 has committed.
Stole candles, stole from scholars, wrote for himself, preferred his friends over others, preferred his love over others, preferred to be a scholar, spent time alone, and many others.
What is the glass box which Equality 7-2521 is so concerned about protecting?
A light bulb
Where does Equality 7-2521 go after he leaves the city?
Into the Uncharted Forest
What new words does Equality 7-2521 discover near the end of the book?
I, me, my, etc. (first person pronouns)
What is unique about the way in which Equality 7-2521 refers to himself?
He uses the plural "we" and "our" when referring to himself.
Who is Liberty 5-3000?
The young woman Equality 7-2521 falls in love with.
How is Equality 7-2521's secret life in the tunnel discovered?
He returns after everyone has already left the theater, and is discovered returning home alone.
What religious term does Equality 7-2521 use to refer to himself after he leaves the city?
Damned
What are the (final) new names Equality 7-2521 gives to both himself and to Liberty 5-3000?
Prometheus and Gaea
What vocation does Equality 7-2521 want, and what vocation does he receive?
Scholar/Street Sweeper
Are people allowed to fall in love and create families?
No. The Council of Eugenics pairs them with random partners for mating, and children are taken from parents at birth.
How is Equality 7-2521 able to escape from the Palace of Corrective detention?
It is not well-guarded because nobody has ever dared to defy the council.
What phrase does Liberty 5-3000 struggle to say, because she lacks the vocabulary?
I love you.
What are Equality 7-2521's ultimate plans for the future?
He plans to rebuild society, take any followers that will come with him, and make his new home the capital of a new utopian world.
What secret place do Equality 7-2521 and International 4-8818 discover?
A subway tunnel
What new power does Equality 7-2521 discover?
Electricity
What does Equality 7-2521 plan to do with his invention?
Take it to the World Council of Scholars, where he hopes they will accept it and allow him to become a scholar.
What do Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000 discover in The Uncharted Forest?
A house from the Unmentionable Times, which they make their new home
What is the Sacred/Unspeakable Word?
Ego