Trivia: Brave New World

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1. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Khaki
His physique
Soma
Both feel alienated from World State society


2. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
John
'Suffer the children'
He conducted scientific experiments
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


3. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
She is horrified
Bernard Marx
Tomakin


4. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Tomakin
The Bokanovsky Process


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

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6. 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
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Four months


7. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
Four months
The Bokanovsky Process
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
The Director


8. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
The Falkland Islands
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
His physique
Tomakin


9. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Tomakin
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
Epsilons
With an orgy


10. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Encouraged
Soma
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
With an orgy


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

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

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13. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Violent Passion Surrogate
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


14. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Tomakin
She is horrified
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Both feel alienated from World State society


15. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The Falkland Islands
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Tomakin


16. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Four months
Both feel alienated from World State society
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests


17. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Violent Passion Surrogate
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Bernard Marx
Decanting


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

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19. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
He conducted scientific experiments
The D.H.C.
She is horrified
The Director


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

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21. How many main castes are there?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Five
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
With an orgy


22. Who is John's father?
He writes a poem about solitude
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The D.H.C.
He whips himself


23. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Helmholtz Watson
'Suffer the children'


24. What color do delta babies always wear?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
She is horrified
Khaki


25. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
The Director
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


26. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
The Falkland Islands
The Bokanovsky Process
The Director
To bring rain


27. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The D.H.C.
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


28. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
He writes a poem about solitude
His physique
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


29. What color do delta babies always wear?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The Director
Khaki
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo


30. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Khaki
Orgy-Porgy


31. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Five
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Five


32. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Encouraged
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
With an orgy
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


33. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
John
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
The Bokanovsky Process
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


34. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
Epsilons
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Orgy-Porgy
She is horrified


35. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
The Director
Both feel alienated from World State society
Five
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


36. What does Soma symbolize?
Excessive soma intake
The Bokanovsky Process
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
She is horrified


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

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38. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Soma
He whips himself
Decanting


39. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Khaki
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Violent Passion Surrogate
The D.H.C.


40. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Britian
He conducted scientific experiments
Excessive soma intake
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


41. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Encouraged
Britian
The Director
New Mexico


42. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
Britian
New Mexico
Decanting
To bring rain


43. What does Soma symbolize?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
New Mexico
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests


44. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
'Suffer the children'
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Falkland Islands
Excessive soma intake


45. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
He conducted scientific experiments
The Bokanovsky Process
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
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.


46. How does the Solidarity Service end?
She is horrified
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Excessive soma intake
With an orgy


47. What is the motto of the World State?
'Suffer the children'
Violent Passion Surrogate
Community. Identity. Stability.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


48. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
The Director
Soma
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Encouraged


49. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Bernard Marx
He whips himself
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


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

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