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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
New Mexico
Tomakin
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Excessive soma intake

2. After his return from the Reservation with the Savage - what event leads to Bernard's fall from social grace?

3. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
He writes a poem about solitude
Khaki
The Falkland Islands

4. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
The Bokanovsky Process
Decanting
He conducted scientific experiments
The Director

5. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Orgy-Porgy
Epsilons
He whips himself

6. Who is John's father?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
The D.H.C.
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

7. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Director
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

8. After his return from the Reservation with the Savage - what event leads to Bernard's fall from social grace?

9. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
The Falkland Islands
Soma
The Bokanovsky Process
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

10. What was the first book that John read as a child?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
His physique
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
'A gramme is better than a damn'

11. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
He whips himself
He conducted scientific experiments
Violent Passion Surrogate
Encouraged

12. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
Tomakin
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Machinery and medicine and happiness

13. How many main castes are there?
Five
Soma
Bernard Marx
To bring rain

14. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
The Falkland Islands
Violent Passion Surrogate
Four months
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.

15. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
His physique
He writes a poem about solitude
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Director

16. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Because she slept with their husbands
She is horrified
The Falkland Islands
Four months

17. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.

18. What does Soma symbolize?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Both feel alienated from World State society
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Helmholtz Watson

19. Where does Brave New World take place?
Epsilons
Britian
'Suffer the children'
Decanting

20. Where does Brave New World take place?
With an orgy
Britian
The Director
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

21. What color do delta babies always wear?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Khaki
Machinery and medicine and happiness
'A gramme is better than a damn'

22. Explain 'HenryFord' and his importance in Brave New World

23. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
To bring rain
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

24. Mustapha Mond says that 'You can't have a lasting civilization without . . .'

25. Explain 'HenryFord' and his importance in Brave New World

26. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
New Mexico
To bring rain
Britian
The Bokanovsky Process

27. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
Excessive soma intake
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
He conducted scientific experiments
A society of Alphas is unworkable

28. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Violent Passion Surrogate
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.

29. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Machinery and medicine and happiness
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The Director

30. Why does Fanny try to convince Lenina to be more promiscuous?

31. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
He conducted scientific experiments
Bernard Marx

32. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
His physique
Encouraged
Epsilons
The Falkland Islands

33. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
He whips himself
The Director
To bring rain
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

34. How many main castes are there?
Five
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Khaki
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest

35. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
He conducted scientific experiments
Violent Passion Surrogate
Four months
To bring rain

36. What Biblical phrase does Mustapha Mond use when children begin playing around him?

37. What does Soma symbolize?
John
Bernard Marx
The Director
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.

38. What World State sayings has to do with soma?

39. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
The Falkland Islands
New Mexico
Tomakin
Decanting

40. What World State sayings has to do with soma?

41. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
New Mexico
Encouraged
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

42. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
Violent Passion Surrogate
New Mexico
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
She is horrified

43. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
His physique
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Bokanovsky Process
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest

44. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Machinery and medicine and happiness
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Both feel alienated from World State society
Britian

45. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Four months
Encouraged
He writes a poem about solitude
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

46. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
The Director
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

47. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
His physique
Tomakin
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

48. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Excessive soma intake
Khaki
Four months
Because she slept with their husbands

49. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Four months
Orgy-Porgy
The Director
Tomakin

50. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
His physique
Excessive soma intake
Bernard Marx
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.