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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...






2. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'






3. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?






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


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






6. What does Soma symbolize?






7. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






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


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






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


11. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






12. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'






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


14. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?






15. How does the Solidarity Service end?






16. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?






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






18. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






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


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






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






22. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






23. What color do delta babies always wear?






24. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...






25. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...






26. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...






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






28. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






29. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...






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






31. How does the Solidarity Service end?






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






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


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






35. What is the motto of the World State?






36. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?






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


38. Who is John's father?






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






40. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...






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






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






43. How many main castes are there?






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


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


46. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






48. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






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






50. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?






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