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Trivia: Brave New World
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1. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date 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Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.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 Bokanovsky Process
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
2. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Epsilons
She is horrified
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
He writes a poem about solitude
3. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
Orgy-Porgy
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Falkland Islands
John
4. Why does Fanny try to convince Lenina to be more promiscuous?
5. What is the origin of the title Brave New World?
6. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
To bring rain
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
7. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Excessive soma intake
He writes a poem about solitude
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Violent Passion Surrogate
8. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
To bring rain
Khaki
He conducted scientific experiments
9. 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.
He conducted scientific experiments
He conducted scientific experiments
Because she slept with their husbands
10. How does the Solidarity Service end?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Decanting
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
With an orgy
11. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
He whips himself
Soma
Bernard Marx
Britian
12. Where does Brave New World take place?
Britian
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
13. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Five
'Suffer the children'
Bernard Marx
The Bokanovsky Process
14. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
John
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Epsilons
The Bokanovsky Process
15. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
The Director
Decanting
New Mexico
To bring rain
16. Mustapha Mond says that 'You can't have a lasting civilization without . . .'
17. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Four months
Britian
New Mexico
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
18. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Violent Passion Surrogate
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
He conducted scientific experiments
He writes a poem about solitude
19. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Because she slept with their husbands
Five
Violent Passion Surrogate
20. Where does Brave New World take place?
John
'Suffer the children'
Britian
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
21. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
The Director
Because she slept with their husbands
Khaki
The D.H.C.
22. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
He whips himself
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Tomakin
Soma
23. After his return from the Reservation with the Savage - what event leads to Bernard's fall from social grace?
24. What does Soma symbolize?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Tomakin
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Because she slept with their husbands
25. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
He whips himself
Soma
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
26. What Biblical phrase does Mustapha Mond use when children begin playing around him?
27. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Soma
Tomakin
The D.H.C.
Decanting
28. What color do delta babies always wear?
Khaki
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
New Mexico
29. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
His physique
Helmholtz Watson
Decanting
He whips himself
30. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
The Director
Both feel alienated from World State society
He conducted scientific experiments
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
31. What is the motto of the World State?
Community. Identity. Stability.
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Khaki
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
32. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
Helmholtz Watson
Bernard Marx
Orgy-Porgy
To bring rain
33. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Tomakin
The Director
He whips himself
Because she slept with their husbands
34. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
35. How does the Solidarity Service end?
With an orgy
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Machinery and medicine and happiness
He conducted scientific experiments
36. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
Community. Identity. Stability.
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Tomakin
She is horrified
37. 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.'
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Director
He conducted scientific experiments
Helmholtz Watson
38. How many main castes are there?
Five
To bring rain
Helmholtz Watson
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
39. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Epsilons
Encouraged
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Four months
40. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
The Bokanovsky Process
Because she slept with their husbands
Epsilons
41. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Director
Tomakin
She is horrified
42. What was the first book that John read as a child?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
He conducted scientific experiments
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
43. After his return from the Reservation with the Savage - what event leads to Bernard's fall from social grace?
44. 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.'
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Helmholtz Watson
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
45. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Britian
Decanting
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Machinery and medicine and happiness
46. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
John
47. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Five
48. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Britian
Khaki
Excessive soma intake
With an orgy
49. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
Five
The Bokanovsky Process
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Decanting
50. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Five
The Director
His participation in a soma-driven orgy