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 i become as the heart of the earth, lost and hidden at first, but beating, beating louder each day. and word will reach every corner of the earth. and the roads of the world will become as veins which will carry the of the worlds blood to my threshold. and all my brothers, and the councils of my brothers, will hear of it, they will be impotent against me. the imagery of \the heart\ suggests what relationship between the society the narrator plans to build on the moun 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 counc of brothers. news of the new society on the mountain will gradually spread to the outside world, and the independent think will come to it.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the imagery of "the heart" and the related text. The text says the new society (like a heart) will be "lost and hidden at first, but beating, beating louder each day" and "word will reach every corner of the earth" with roads as veins carrying the world's blood. Let's evaluate each option:

• Option 1: The text is about the relationship with the outside world, not membership restriction to sons/friends. Eliminate.
• Option 2: The passage doesn't discuss membership being open to anyone. Eliminate.
• Option 3: The text implies the new society will grow and spread, not that the narrator will bring it to brothers/councils (it says they'll hear of it and be impotent). Eliminate.
• Option 4: The "heart" imagery (beating louder, word reaching corners, roads as veins) suggests news spreads gradually, and the independent thinkers (from the new society) will draw others. This matches the imagery of a heart's pulse spreading.

Answer:

D. News of the new society on the mountain will gradually spread to the outside world, and the independent think will come to it. (Note: Assuming the last option is D and has a typo, but based on analysis, this is the correct one.)