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1. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
John
To bring rain
John
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


2. How does the Solidarity Service end?
With an orgy
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The Director
The D.H.C.


3. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
He whips himself
Helmholtz Watson
The D.H.C.


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

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5. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Five
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
To bring rain


6. What does Soma symbolize?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Soma


7. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Excessive soma intake
Community. Identity. Stability.
Bernard Marx
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


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

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9. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Four months


10. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests


11. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
With an orgy
Violent Passion Surrogate
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests


12. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
Encouraged
Soma
The Bokanovsky Process
The Director


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

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14. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Khaki
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Soma


15. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
His physique
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
John
Britian


16. What is the motto of the World State?
The Director
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
To bring rain


17. Who is John's father?
The D.H.C.
He writes a poem about solitude
Excessive soma intake
He whips himself


18. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Because she slept with their husbands
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Excessive soma intake
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


19. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Decanting
Encouraged
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


20. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
He conducted scientific experiments
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
'Suffer the children'
Machinery and medicine and happiness


21. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
New Mexico
Khaki
A society of Alphas is unworkable


22. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
He conducted scientific experiments


23. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
He conducted scientific experiments
She is horrified
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


24. Who is John's father?
Both feel alienated from World State society
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The D.H.C.
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.


25. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Five
Encouraged
The Falkland Islands
Community. Identity. Stability.


26. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Soma
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
He whips himself


27. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Decanting


28. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
He writes a poem about solitude
The Bokanovsky Process
Tomakin


29. What does Soma symbolize?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Decanting
'Suffer the children'
Machinery and medicine and happiness


30. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Britian
He writes a poem about solitude
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
He whips himself


31. 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 writes a poem about solitude
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Helmholtz Watson
Four months


32. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Excessive soma intake
Khaki
Five


33. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
The Falkland Islands
John
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests


34. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Community. Identity. Stability.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Decanting
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


35. Where does Brave New World take place?
Helmholtz Watson
Britian
Both feel alienated from World State society
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


36. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
He whips himself
Both feel alienated from World State society
Encouraged
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


37. What color do delta babies always wear?
The Director
The Director
Bernard Marx
Khaki


38. Where does Brave New World take place?
To bring rain
She is horrified
Britian
The Bokanovsky Process


39. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Violent Passion Surrogate
He writes a poem about solitude
Because she slept with their husbands
Excessive soma intake


40. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
He conducted scientific experiments
Tomakin
Helmholtz Watson
New Mexico


41. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
'Suffer the children'
New Mexico
With an orgy
Decanting


42. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
With an orgy
Decanting
Orgy-Porgy
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


43. 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.'
New Mexico
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
The Bokanovsky Process
Helmholtz Watson


44. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
Tomakin
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Violent Passion Surrogate
Orgy-Porgy


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

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46. How many main castes are there?
He conducted scientific experiments
Decanting
Five
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


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

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

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49. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
His physique
The Director
Both feel alienated from World State society
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


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

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