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Trivia: Brave New World

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

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

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3. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






4. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






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






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






8. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






9. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?






10. What color do delta babies always wear?






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

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






13. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






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






15. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






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






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






18. Who said the following: 'I'm thinking of a queer feeling I sometimes get - a feeling that I've got something important to say and the power to say it -- only I don't know what it is - and I can't make any use of the power.'






19. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?






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






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






22. Who is John's father?






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






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






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






26. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?






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






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






29. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






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






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






32. Who is John's father?






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






34. What does Soma symbolize?






35. Where does Brave New World take place?






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






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






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

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






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






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






42. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






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






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






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

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






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






48. What color do delta babies always wear?






49. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






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