Trivia: Brave New World

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1. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
The Director
Five
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Four months


2. What is the motto of the World State?
He whips himself
With an orgy
Community. Identity. Stability.
With an orgy


3. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
John
The D.H.C.
Because she slept with their husbands
The D.H.C.


4. How many main castes are there?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Five
With an orgy
Violent Passion Surrogate


5. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
He whips himself
The Director
With an orgy
Four months


6. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Helmholtz Watson
He whips himself
Community. Identity. Stability.
A society of Alphas is unworkable


7. What color do delta babies always wear?
The Bokanovsky Process
Khaki
'Suffer the children'
The D.H.C.


8. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Community. Identity. Stability.
His physique
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Helmholtz Watson


9. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
He writes a poem about solitude
John


10. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
The Bokanovsky Process
Soma
Tomakin
He writes a poem about solitude


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

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12. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Because she slept with their husbands
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


13. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
Epsilons
Excessive soma intake
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


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

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

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

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17. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
'Suffer the children'
His physique
The Bokanovsky Process
Four months


18. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
With an orgy
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Soma


19. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
With an orgy
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Decanting
Excessive soma intake


20. 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.'
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Helmholtz Watson
New Mexico


21. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
John
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
With an orgy


22. Where does Brave New World take place?
Both feel alienated from World State society
Britian
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


23. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
The Director
A society of Alphas is unworkable
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


24. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
The Director
Violent Passion Surrogate
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
He whips himself


25. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Community. Identity. Stability.
With an orgy
Four months
Machinery and medicine and happiness


26. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
The Falkland Islands
Community. Identity. Stability.
John


27. What color do delta babies always wear?
Encouraged
The Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands
Khaki


28. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Decanting
The Director
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


29. How many main castes are there?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Orgy-Porgy
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Five


30. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
To bring rain
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Tomakin


31. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
Helmholtz Watson
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


32. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
She is horrified
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Because she slept with their husbands


33. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
With an orgy
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
To bring rain
He conducted scientific experiments


34. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Because she slept with their husbands
Epsilons
A society of Alphas is unworkable


35. What does Soma symbolize?
The D.H.C.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Epsilons


36. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo


37. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Orgy-Porgy
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Decanting
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. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He writes a poem about solitude
Britian
Encouraged
'A gramme is better than a damn'


39. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
The Falkland Islands
Soma
He writes a poem about solitude
His physique


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

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41. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Soma
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Violent Passion Surrogate


42. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
Both feel alienated from World State society
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.
The Director
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


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


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

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45. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Helmholtz Watson
The D.H.C.
Both feel alienated from World State society


46. Who is John's father?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
He conducted scientific experiments
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The D.H.C.


47. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Soma
To bring rain
His physique


48. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
With an orgy
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The D.H.C.
Tomakin


49. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
She is horrified
Encouraged
His physique
New Mexico


50. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
The Bokanovsky Process
The D.H.C.
Soma
Because she slept with their husbands