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Trivia: Brave New World

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






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






3. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






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


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


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






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






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






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






10. How does the Solidarity Service end?






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






12. Where does Brave New World take place?






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






14. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






15. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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


17. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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






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






20. Where does Brave New World take place?






21. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






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






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


24. What does Soma symbolize?






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






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


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






28. What color do delta babies always wear?






29. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






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






31. What is the motto of the World State?






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






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






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






35. How does the Solidarity Service end?






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






37. 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.'






38. How many main castes are there?






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






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






41. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






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






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


44. 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.'






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






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






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






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






49. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






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