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1. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
He writes a poem about solitude
Encouraged
New Mexico


2. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
The Director
A society of Alphas is unworkable
He whips himself
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


3. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
He writes a poem about solitude
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
'Suffer the children'
Tomakin


4. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Because she slept with their husbands
Tomakin
He writes a poem about solitude
The Director


5. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
'Suffer the children'
Community. Identity. Stability.
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


6. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Orgy-Porgy
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Bernard Marx


7. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He writes a poem about solitude
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Bokanovsky Process
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness


8. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Both feel alienated from World State society
He whips himself
Soma
The Falkland Islands


9. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Excessive soma intake
He whips himself
Four months
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


10. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
The Director
Because she slept with their husbands
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
With an orgy


11. Who is John's father?
Orgy-Porgy
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The D.H.C.
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


12. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
Five
A society of Alphas is unworkable
He conducted scientific experiments
John


13. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Orgy-Porgy
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness


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

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

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16. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The Bokanovsky Process
Violent Passion Surrogate


17. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
The D.H.C.
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Machinery and medicine and happiness
She is horrified


18. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
John
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Tomakin


19. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
He conducted scientific experiments
Epsilons
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Encouraged


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

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21. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Soma
He writes a poem about solitude
New Mexico


22. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
New Mexico
Community. Identity. Stability.
He conducted scientific experiments
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests


23. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Decanting
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Britian


24. What was the first book that John read as a child?
Helmholtz Watson
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Bernard Marx
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests


25. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The Falkland Islands
Community. Identity. Stability.
'Suffer the children'


26. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Tomakin
Helmholtz Watson
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


27. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Encouraged
The D.H.C.


28. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Because she slept with their husbands
With an orgy
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


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

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30. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Because she slept with their husbands
Community. Identity. Stability.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


31. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Four months
Decanting


32. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The D.H.C.
His physique
Britian


33. Where does Brave New World take place?
Five
Britian
He whips himself
Violent Passion Surrogate


34. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Community. Identity. Stability.
His physique
Four months
He whips himself


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

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36. How does the Solidarity Service end?
With an orgy
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The Director
Soma


37. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
A society of Alphas is unworkable
The Director
Tomakin


38. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
John
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
'Suffer the children'
Five


39. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Soma


40. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
Tomakin
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
To bring rain
The Director


41. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Violent Passion Surrogate
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


42. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Because she slept with their husbands
She is horrified
He whips himself
Khaki


43. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
New Mexico
With an orgy
Violent Passion Surrogate
Excessive soma intake


44. What does Soma symbolize?
To bring rain
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


45. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Four months
The Director
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


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

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47. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Epsilons
His physique
She is horrified


48. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
He writes a poem about solitude
Soma
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Director


49. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
'Suffer the children'
Violent Passion Surrogate
Tomakin


50. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Four months
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
He whips himself
Tomakin