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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. How many main castes are there?






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






3. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






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






5. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






6. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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






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

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9. How many main castes are there?






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

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11. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?






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






13. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?






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






15. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






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

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






18. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






19. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






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






22. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






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






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






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






27. Who is John's father?






28. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






29. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?






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

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






32. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






33. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?






34. Who is John's father?






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






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






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






38. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






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

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






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






42. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






43. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?






44. What is the motto of the World State?






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

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






47. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?






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

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49. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






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