Question

read the excerpt from anthem.

here, on this mountain, i and my sons and my chosen friends shall build our new land and our fort. and it will become as the heart of the earth, lost and hidden at first, but beating, beating louder each day. and word of it will reach every corner of the earth. and the roads of the world will become as veins which will carry the best of the worlds blood to my threshold. and all my brothers, and the councils of my brothers, will hear of it, but they will be impotent against me.

the imagery of \the heart\ suggests what relationship between the society the narrator plans to build on the mountain and the outside world?

• the new society will be restricted to the narrators sons and selected friends.
• membership for the new society on the mountain will be open to anyone.
• the narrator will establish the new society on the mountain and then will bring it to his brothers and the councils of brothers.
• news of the new society on the mountain will gradually spread to the outside world, and the independent thinkers will come to it.

Explanation:

Analyze the heart and veins imagery

The narrator describes his new society as "the heart of the earth... beating louder each day" and states that "the roads of the world will become as veins which will carry the best of the world's blood to my threshold."

Connect imagery to the options

The "heart" pumps blood, and the "veins" (roads) carry the "best of the world's blood" (the independent thinkers/individuals) from the outside world to this central heart on the mountain. This indicates that news of this free society will spread, drawing like-minded individuals to join them.

Evaluate the choices

• Option 1 is incorrect because the passage states others will eventually come.
• Option 2 is incorrect because it is not open to "anyone" but specifically "the best of the world's blood" (independent minds).
• Option 3 is incorrect because the narrator is in opposition to the Councils.
• Option 4 correctly explains that news will spread and independent thinkers ("the best of the world's blood") will travel along the "veins" (roads) to the "heart" (the mountain society).

Answer:

• The new society will be restricted to the narrator's sons and selected friends.
• Membership for the new society on the mountain will be open to anyone.
• The narrator will establish the new society on the mountain and then will bring it to his brothers and the Councils of brothers.
• News of the new society on the mountain will gradually spread to the outside world, and the independent thinkers will come to it. (Correct answer)