Trivia: Brave New World

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

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

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3. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Epsilons
Four months
Helmholtz Watson


4. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
Because she slept with their husbands
He whips himself
The Director
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'


5. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Orgy-Porgy
Epsilons


6. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Decanting
John
Four months


7. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Five
He conducted scientific experiments
His physique
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness


8. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
Decanting
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Tomakin
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


9. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Decanting


10. What color do delta babies always wear?
With an orgy
Bernard Marx
Khaki
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


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

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12. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Helmholtz Watson
Encouraged
Five
The Director


13. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
His physique
Five
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Encouraged


14. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Soma
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


15. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Soma
The Falkland Islands
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


16. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Because she slept with their husbands
To bring rain
She is horrified


17. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
The Falkland Islands
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
He writes a poem about solitude
Bernard Marx


18. 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.'
He whips himself
Helmholtz Watson
The Falkland Islands
Tomakin


19. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
Tomakin
He conducted scientific experiments
Bernard Marx
To bring rain


20. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
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.
With an orgy
'A gramme is better than a damn'
A society of Alphas is unworkable


21. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
She is horrified
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.
John


22. Who is John's father?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The D.H.C.
Khaki


23. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Soma
To bring rain
Excessive soma intake
Khaki


24. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
He writes a poem about solitude
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Khaki


25. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Britian
Khaki


26. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Excessive soma intake
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


27. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
New Mexico
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Bernard Marx
He conducted scientific experiments


28. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
John


29. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
To bring rain
Khaki
Both feel alienated from World State society
He whips himself


30. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Excessive soma intake
Both feel alienated from World State society


31. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
He writes a poem about solitude
Khaki
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


32. Who is John's father?
Bernard Marx
Community. Identity. Stability.
The D.H.C.
Because she slept with their husbands


33. What was the first book that John read as a child?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
'Suffer the children'
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


34. What does Soma symbolize?
Britian
New Mexico
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


35. Where does Brave New World take place?
Britian
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
John
Machinery and medicine and happiness


36. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Violent Passion Surrogate
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness


37. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
The Director
Khaki
Orgy-Porgy
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.


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

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39. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Khaki
Soma
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


40. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
The Falkland Islands
With an orgy
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Four months


41. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Four months
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Decanting


42. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
The Bokanovsky Process
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.
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
The Director


43. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Bernard Marx
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Decanting
John


44. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
John
Violent Passion Surrogate
The D.H.C.
Britian


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

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46. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Because she slept with their husbands
Encouraged
Both feel alienated from World State society
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


47. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Decanting
He conducted scientific experiments
Violent Passion Surrogate
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests


48. What color do delta babies always wear?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
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.
She is horrified
Khaki


49. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
With an orgy
Khaki
The Bokanovsky Process
The Falkland Islands


50. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
He writes a poem about solitude
Tomakin
Decanting