Characters
The name given to the love interest of the protagonist
Who is: The Golden One
The sacred word
What is: "EGO"
A key event in Chapter 11
What is: Equality discovering the word "I" from a book written in the Unmentionable Times
The uncharted forest
What is: a connection between the past and present, and symbolizes individuality
The author of Anthem
Who is Ayn Rand
The final given name of the protagonist
What is: Prometheus
What did Liberty say to Equality when she discovered the meaning of the word "I"
What is: "I Love You"
A key event in Chapter 6
What is: Equality getting sent to the Palace of Corrective Detention
The lightbulb
What is: it represents the overcoming of ignorance and enlightenment in the novella
The point of view "Anthem" is written in
What is the first person
Who does Equality consider his friend?
Who is international 4-8818
Equality's reasoning behind giving Liberty the name Gaea
What is: "...Let this be your name, my Golden One, for you are to be the mother of a new kind of gods."
A key event in Chapter 5
What is: Equality's invention of an early version of the Lightbulb
Prometheus
What is: Prometheus brought fire (Light) to humanity. While this being a overall good thing, Prometheus, like equality was punished for it.
This is the climax of the story
What is where Equality proudly presents his creation to the world council, where he gets rejected and chooses to escape from his society on his own.
He suffers no pain as he is burned alive because he knows the meaning of individualism
Who is the sinner/The Transgressor of the Unspeakable Word
Who says,"What is not thought by all men cannot be true"
Who is: Collective 0-0009
A key event in chapter 7
What is: Liberty's rejection from the council of scholars because of his "useless invention"
Manuscripts
What is: Equality's only way of self-expression while living in his society, showing his early steps towards individuality and breaking away from his society.
The major conflict in this novella
What is Equality 7-2521 struggles for self-identification in a society that has rejected individualism in favor of collectivism
The leader of the World Council of Scholars, shapeless, and cowardly
Who is Collective 0-0009
Equality's reasoning for naming himself Prometheus
What is: "He took the light of the gods and brought it to men, and he taught men to be gods."
Key event in Chapter 4
What is: Equality gives liberty the name: The Golden One
Banning Books
What is: the withholding of knowledge and wisdom from society to prevent further education
The tense this book is written in
What is present, with some past-tense narration