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When does this novel take place - in the past, present, or future? How do you know? Correct Answer: This novel takes place in the future because Equality describes a society unlike anything the worl... d has yet seen: a society in which everyone is equal. It also says so on the back. What motto is engraved over the portals of the Palace of the World Council? What prayer is recited every night? Correct Answer: Motto: "We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the great WE, One, indivisible, and forever." Prayer: "We are nothing. Mankind is all. By the grace of our brothers are we allowed our lives. We exist through, by and for our brothers who are the State. Amen." Describe Equality's writing. What is the format of his writing? Correct Answer: Equality refers to himself as "we" (Gollum, anyone?). In his writing, he continually says that what he is doing is a transgression and saying there is an evil within him. Describe Equality's physical appearance. Correct Answer: Equality wears an iron bracelet on his left wrist with his name, Equality 7-2521, on it. He is 21 years old and 6 feet tall, which is very unusual. His teachers said there was evil inside of him because of his abnormal height. What is Equality's curse? Correct Answer: He is not like everyone else. Compare the Home of the Infants, the Home of the Students, and the Home of the Street Sweepers. Correct Answer: The Home of the Infants is where citizens stay from the time they are born until they are five. The sleeping halls were white, clean, and empty besides for 100 beds. Citizens spend 10 years learning at the Home of the Students. The sleeping halls were the same. The Home of the Street Sweepers is a gray house on a narrow street. The sleeping halls are the same. Why was Equality pleased with his Life Mandate? Correct Answer: By working as a Street Sweeper, he could make up for the times when he wished to be a Scholar and committed the Transgression of Preference. Describe a typical day in Equality's life for the next four years. Correct Answer: He gets up when a bell rings and then has a half-hour to eat and dress. Then he goes to work in the city with his brooms and rakes. Five hours later he has a half-hour break for lunch. Five hours after that he has an hour for dinner. Then the bell rings and he walks in a straight column to one of the City Halls for the Social Meeting. Then he goes to the City Theatre for 3 hours of social recreation. Finally, he walks back Home in a straight column and goes to bed. [Show More]

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