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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?






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

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3. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?






4. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?






5. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






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

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7. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






8. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






9. Who is John's father?






10. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?






11. What does Soma symbolize?






12. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?






13. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






14. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?






15. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?






16. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?






17. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?






18. How many main castes are there?






19. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?






20. What does Soma symbolize?






21. Where does Brave New World take place?






22. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?






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

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24. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?






25. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?






26. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?






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

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28. Who said the following: 'I'm thinking of a queer feeling I sometimes get - a feeling that I've got something important to say and the power to say it -- only I don't know what it is - and I can't make any use of the power.'






29. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?






30. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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

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32. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?






33. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?






34. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






35. What is the motto of the World State?






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

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

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38. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?






39. What is the origin of the title Brave New World?

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40. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?






41. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?






42. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






43. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?






44. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






45. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






46. What color do delta babies always wear?






47. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?






48. What was the first book that John read as a child?






49. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?






50. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?