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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
His physique
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Falkland Islands

2. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
His physique
Five
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.

3. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Decanting
Both feel alienated from World State society
To bring rain
Machinery and medicine and happiness

4. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Epsilons
Orgy-Porgy
He whips himself
He writes a poem about solitude

5. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
The Director
He whips himself
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Machinery and medicine and happiness

6. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
The Director
Helmholtz Watson
His physique

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

8. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Because she slept with their husbands
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Helmholtz Watson
Khaki

9. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Epsilons
Decanting
John
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.

10. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Decanting
New Mexico
The D.H.C.

11. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Director
Tomakin
John

12. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Four months
Five
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

13. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Britian
Both feel alienated from World State society
Because she slept with their husbands
'A gramme is better than a damn'

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

15. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Bernard Marx
Britian
Decanting
Both feel alienated from World State society

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

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

18. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
Epsilons
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.
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest

19. Where does Brave New World take place?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
He writes a poem about solitude
Britian
With an orgy

20. What was the first book that John read as a child?
New Mexico
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
To bring rain
He writes a poem about solitude

21. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
The Director
Community. Identity. Stability.
Bernard Marx
Violent Passion Surrogate

22. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Soma
New Mexico
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Machinery and medicine and happiness

23. What does Soma symbolize?
The Director
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Decanting
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.

24. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Because she slept with their husbands
Soma
He conducted scientific experiments

25. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
The Falkland Islands
Both feel alienated from World State society
He writes a poem about solitude
A society of Alphas is unworkable

26. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
To bring rain
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Falkland Islands
Soma

27. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
He conducted scientific experiments
Five
Four months
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

28. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Bernard Marx
The Bokanovsky Process
Decanting

29. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Decanting
He writes a poem about solitude
Epsilons
Orgy-Porgy

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

31. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Epsilons
Excessive soma intake
Because she slept with their husbands
Violent Passion Surrogate

32. What is the motto of the World State?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Four months
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

33. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Tomakin
Helmholtz Watson

34. What color do delta babies always wear?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Five
Khaki
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

35. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
He conducted scientific experiments
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The D.H.C.
Violent Passion Surrogate

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

37. What was the first book that John read as a child?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Epsilons
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest

38. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
John

39. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
She is horrified
Because she slept with their husbands
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

40. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Decanting
Tomakin
To bring rain
Machinery and medicine and happiness

41. What is the motto of the World State?
With an orgy
Community. Identity. Stability.
Helmholtz Watson
New Mexico

42. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
The Director
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Britian
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

43. How many main castes are there?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Five
He writes a poem about solitude
The Falkland Islands

44. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
The Director
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
He conducted scientific experiments

45. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
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 D.H.C.

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

47. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Decanting
Bernard Marx
Orgy-Porgy
To bring rain

48. Where does Brave New World take place?
With an orgy
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Britian

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

50. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Excessive soma intake
His physique
To bring rain
Britian