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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
To bring rain
Soma
She is horrified
The Bokanovsky Process

2. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Helmholtz Watson
He writes a poem about solitude

3. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Decanting
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
His physique
Encouraged

4. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Helmholtz Watson
The Bokanovsky Process

5. 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.'
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Director
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Helmholtz Watson

6. How many main castes are there?
Five
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Decanting
John

7. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
With an orgy
Because she slept with their husbands
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The Director

8. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Soma
Epsilons
John
She is horrified

9. What does Soma symbolize?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
'A gramme is better than a damn'
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Machinery and medicine and happiness

10. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Orgy-Porgy

11. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Helmholtz Watson
New Mexico
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

12. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
He conducted scientific experiments
Violent Passion Surrogate

13. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
She is horrified
She is horrified
Decanting
Bernard Marx

14. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Orgy-Porgy
He conducted scientific experiments
Five
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

15. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Bernard Marx
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Because she slept with their husbands
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

16. Who is John's father?
The D.H.C.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Falkland Islands
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

17. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Helmholtz Watson
Violent Passion Surrogate
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Tomakin

18. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Four months
Bernard Marx
Khaki
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo

19. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
He writes a poem about solitude
The Bokanovsky Process
He whips himself

20. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Soma
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
New Mexico

21. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
John
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Five
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

22. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Both feel alienated from World State society
With an orgy
He conducted scientific experiments
Khaki

23. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He writes a poem about solitude
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.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
John

24. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Soma
Orgy-Porgy
He conducted scientific experiments
Community. Identity. Stability.

25. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Community. Identity. Stability.

26. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Bernard Marx
Orgy-Porgy
His physique
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

27. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
He whips himself
Tomakin
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Director

28. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
She is horrified
The Director
Britian

29. What color do delta babies always wear?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Bokanovsky Process
Violent Passion Surrogate
Khaki

30. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
The Falkland Islands
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Soma
Community. Identity. Stability.

31. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
The Director
Epsilons
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Both feel alienated from World State society

32. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Director
He writes a poem about solitude
He writes a poem about solitude

33. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Bernard Marx
Community. Identity. Stability.
Both feel alienated from World State society

34. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Violent Passion Surrogate
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Britian
Decanting

35. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Soma
A society of Alphas is unworkable

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

37. What was the first book that John read as a child?
With an orgy
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Epsilons
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

38. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
Decanting
The Director
Because she slept with their husbands
'A gramme is better than a damn'

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

40. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
He writes a poem about solitude
The Bokanovsky Process

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
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Khaki
She is horrified

42. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Khaki
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The Director
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.

43. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
He writes a poem about solitude
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Four months
Orgy-Porgy

44. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
His physique
The D.H.C.
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo

45. 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
Helmholtz Watson
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
With an orgy

46. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Excessive soma intake
His physique
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers

47. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
'A gramme is better than a damn'
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests

48. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
The D.H.C.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Bernard Marx

49. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Britian
Because she slept with their husbands
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

50. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
Britian
He conducted scientific experiments
The Falkland Islands
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers