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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Tomakin
Soma
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Excessive soma intake

2. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
Decanting
The Falkland Islands
To bring rain
Both feel alienated from World State society

3. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Helmholtz Watson
He whips himself
Community. Identity. Stability.
Four months

4. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
He whips himself
Community. Identity. Stability.
Violent Passion Surrogate
To bring rain

5. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
He conducted scientific experiments
He whips himself
He writes a poem about solitude
Community. Identity. Stability.

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

7. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
The Bokanovsky Process
The D.H.C.
Epsilons
Bernard Marx

8. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
He conducted scientific experiments
'Suffer the children'
His physique
The Bokanovsky Process

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

10. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
His physique
The Bokanovsky Process
The D.H.C.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

11. Who is John's father?
Encouraged
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.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 D.H.C.
Tomakin

12. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
His physique
Both feel alienated from World State society
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

13. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
His physique
Both feel alienated from World State society
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Both feel alienated from World State society

14. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
To bring rain
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The Director

15. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
John
'Suffer the children'
Excessive soma intake
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers

16. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Soma
With an orgy
The Director
Orgy-Porgy

17. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
He writes a poem about solitude
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
A society of Alphas is unworkable
The Bokanovsky Process

18. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Decanting
Encouraged
Because she slept with their husbands
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest

19. What was the first book that John read as a child?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
He whips himself
The Bokanovsky Process

20. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Helmholtz Watson
Violent Passion Surrogate
Excessive soma intake

21. What is the motto of the World State?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Tomakin
Both feel alienated from World State society
Community. Identity. Stability.

22. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
He conducted scientific experiments
Britian
'A gramme is better than a damn'
She is horrified

23. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Soma
He writes a poem about solitude
His physique
Orgy-Porgy

24. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Soma

25. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
The Bokanovsky Process
He whips himself
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.

26. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
She is horrified
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Both feel alienated from World State society

27. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
The Bokanovsky Process
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

28. What does Soma symbolize?
Decanting
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

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

30. What is the motto of the World State?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Both feel alienated from World State society
Community. Identity. Stability.
Encouraged

31. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Both feel alienated from World State society
The D.H.C.
A society of Alphas is unworkable

32. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
He whips himself
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
His physique

33. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
The Bokanovsky Process
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.
John
He conducted scientific experiments

34. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
John
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
He whips himself

35. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
New Mexico
To bring rain
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests

36. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
Encouraged
Soma
Because she slept with their husbands
The Falkland Islands

37. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
The Director
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
New Mexico

38. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
He writes a poem about solitude
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Epsilons

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

40. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Epsilons
Bernard Marx
The Bokanovsky Process
He writes a poem about solitude

41. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Four months
She is horrified
Five
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.

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

43. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
The Director
Excessive soma intake
He whips himself
Soma

44. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
The D.H.C.
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Because she slept with their husbands
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

45. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
New Mexico
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Epsilons

46. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
The Falkland Islands
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The Bokanovsky Process
A society of Alphas is unworkable

47. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Excessive soma intake
Decanting
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Falkland Islands

48. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Encouraged
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
'plenty of pleasant vices.'

49. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
'Suffer the children'
The Director
She is horrified

50. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Helmholtz Watson
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The Bokanovsky Process