Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
He conducted scientific experiments
She is horrified
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Both feel alienated from World State society


2. How many main castes are there?
John
Five
She is horrified
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests


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

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4. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
He whips himself
The Falkland Islands
New Mexico
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


5. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Both feel alienated from World State society
Orgy-Porgy
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The D.H.C.


6. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Soma
She is horrified
Community. Identity. Stability.


7. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He writes a poem about solitude
Britian
The Falkland Islands
He conducted scientific experiments


8. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
He conducted scientific experiments
His physique
Soma
Decanting


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

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10. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
Orgy-Porgy
The Director
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
A society of Alphas is unworkable


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

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12. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Helmholtz Watson
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Soma
With an orgy


13. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The Bokanovsky Process
She is horrified
Excessive soma intake


14. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Britian
His physique
Excessive soma intake
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


15. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Falkland Islands
Four months
With an orgy


16. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Because she slept with their husbands
Community. Identity. Stability.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo


17. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
She is horrified
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


18. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Because she slept with their husbands
Helmholtz Watson
Decanting
Machinery and medicine and happiness


19. What color do delta babies always wear?
She is horrified
Five
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Khaki


20. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Encouraged
Community. Identity. Stability.
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


21. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Because she slept with their husbands
With an orgy


22. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Excessive soma intake
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


23. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
With an orgy
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Epsilons
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


24. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
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
John


25. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Orgy-Porgy
Epsilons
'Suffer the children'
The Director


26. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Five
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Decanting
He conducted scientific experiments


27. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He writes a poem about solitude
His physique
Community. Identity. Stability.
He whips himself


28. 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 Bokanovsky Process
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
To bring rain


29. How many main castes are there?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Five
John


30. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Violent Passion Surrogate
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.
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Encouraged


31. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
The Bokanovsky Process
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The Falkland Islands
Violent Passion Surrogate


32. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
Decanting
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


33. Who is John's father?
John
Because she slept with their husbands
He writes a poem about solitude
The D.H.C.


34. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
Five
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.
Excessive soma intake
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


35. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
He conducted scientific experiments
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 physique
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


36. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
He writes a poem about solitude
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Because she slept with their husbands


37. What does Soma symbolize?
Bernard Marx
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


38. What was the first book that John read as a child?
He conducted scientific experiments
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Bernard Marx


39. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
His physique
Five
A society of Alphas is unworkable


40. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Excessive soma intake
The Director
Because she slept with their husbands
Orgy-Porgy


41. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
New Mexico
John
Encouraged
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.


42. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Excessive soma intake
Epsilons
Encouraged
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness


43. What is the motto of the World State?
The Bokanovsky Process
Violent Passion Surrogate
Community. Identity. Stability.
Tomakin


44. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
New Mexico
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


45. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
The Falkland Islands
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Machinery and medicine and happiness
A society of Alphas is unworkable


46. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Tomakin
Community. Identity. Stability.
New Mexico


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

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48. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Helmholtz Watson
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
'Suffer the children'
Five


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

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50. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
The Director
Soma
'Suffer the children'
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest