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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Falkland Islands
To bring rain

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

3. Where does Brave New World take place?
Britian
Orgy-Porgy
Epsilons
'plenty of pleasant vices.'

4. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Soma
Violent Passion Surrogate
John
Five

5. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
New Mexico
Community. Identity. Stability.
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

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

7. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
Excessive soma intake
The Falkland Islands
The Bokanovsky Process
He whips himself

8. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
The D.H.C.
Five
Soma
Encouraged

9. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
The Director
Both feel alienated from World State society
He conducted scientific experiments
Epsilons

10. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
With an orgy
Khaki
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Because she slept with their husbands

11. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Because she slept with their husbands
Decanting
New Mexico
He whips himself

12. 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.
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Epsilons

13. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
With an orgy
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
His physique

14. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
'A gramme is better than a damn'
'Suffer the children'
'Suffer the children'

15. How does the Solidarity Service end?
With an orgy
Four months
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
'A gramme is better than a damn'

16. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
The Director
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Five

17. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
The D.H.C.
Orgy-Porgy
'Suffer the children'
Khaki

18. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
Excessive soma intake
John
Four months
Because she slept with their husbands

19. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
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
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
To bring rain

20. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Both feel alienated from World State society
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
'A gramme is better than a damn'

21. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Director
His physique
He whips himself

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

23. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Britian
Machinery and medicine and happiness

24. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Machinery and medicine and happiness
He writes a poem about solitude
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo

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

26. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
His physique
Tomakin
Encouraged
Violent Passion Surrogate

27. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Bernard Marx
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Encouraged

28. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Epsilons
Orgy-Porgy
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
He conducted scientific experiments

29. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Epsilons
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

30. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Tomakin
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

31. What color do delta babies always wear?
Orgy-Porgy
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Khaki
With an orgy

32. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Encouraged
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Bernard Marx
The Bokanovsky Process

33. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
He writes a poem about solitude
Violent Passion Surrogate
New Mexico
Because she slept with their husbands

34. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Britian
Excessive soma intake
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

35. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
Bernard Marx
The Falkland Islands
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

36. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
To bring rain
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Epsilons

37. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
The Director
He conducted scientific experiments
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

38. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Tomakin

39. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Five
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Soma
He writes a poem about solitude

40. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Khaki
John
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.
New Mexico

41. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Falkland Islands
Orgy-Porgy

42. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
The D.H.C.
Decanting
Bernard Marx
Encouraged

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.'
Helmholtz Watson
To bring rain
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Encouraged

44. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
Excessive soma intake
Helmholtz Watson
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
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.

45. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Britian
The D.H.C.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

46. What was the first book that John read as a child?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Because she slept with their husbands

47. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Decanting
The Falkland Islands
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

48. What is the motto of the World State?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Soma
The Director
'A gramme is better than a damn'

49. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
'Suffer the children'
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
His physique

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