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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. How does the Solidarity Service end?






2. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?






3. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...






4. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?






5. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






6. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






7. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'






8. Who is John's father?






9. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?






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






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






12. What is the motto of the World State?






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






14. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






16. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






17. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?






18. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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






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






21. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?






22. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?






23. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?






24. What does Soma symbolize?






25. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?






26. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...






27. What does Soma symbolize?






28. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






29. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






30. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?






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






32. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






33. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






34. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?






35. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...






36. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?






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






38. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?






39. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?






40. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






41. How many main castes are there?






42. How many main castes are there?






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






44. What is the motto of the World State?






45. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?






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






47. Where does Brave New World take place?






48. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?






49. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?






50. What was the first book that John read as a child?