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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
He whips himself
'A gramme is better than a damn'
The Falkland Islands
A society of Alphas is unworkable

2. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
Helmholtz Watson
Community. Identity. Stability.
To bring rain
Excessive soma intake

3. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The Director
Britian
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

4. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Orgy-Porgy
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Encouraged
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.

5. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Khaki
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Tomakin

6. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Violent Passion Surrogate
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
He whips himself

7. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Bernard Marx
Because she slept with their husbands
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Bokanovsky Process

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

9. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Decanting

10. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
The Director
He writes a poem about solitude
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Encouraged

11. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
He whips himself
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
She is horrified
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

12. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Decanting
Encouraged
Tomakin
Khaki

13. How many main castes are there?
Five
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Tomakin

14. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Excessive soma intake
Orgy-Porgy
He conducted scientific experiments
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo

15. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
The Bokanovsky Process
Both feel alienated from World State society
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

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

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

18. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
'A gramme is better than a damn'
New Mexico

19. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
Four months
John
'A gramme is better than a damn'
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers

20. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Britian
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Orgy-Porgy
Violent Passion Surrogate

21. 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.'
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Helmholtz Watson
Community. Identity. Stability.
He conducted scientific experiments

22. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Because she slept with their husbands
He writes a poem about solitude
The Director
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

23. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Soma
To bring rain
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Tomakin

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

25. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Four months
He writes a poem about solitude

26. How does the Solidarity Service end?
With an orgy
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Orgy-Porgy
She is horrified

27. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
To bring rain
Four months
The D.H.C.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

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

29. What is the motto of the World State?
Community. Identity. Stability.
He writes a poem about solitude
He conducted scientific experiments
Orgy-Porgy

30. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
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.
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
New Mexico

31. What color do delta babies always wear?
Both feel alienated from World State society
Khaki
He whips himself
Tomakin

32. Where does Brave New World take place?
The Director
Helmholtz Watson
Decanting
Britian

33. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
Epsilons
The Director
New Mexico
'plenty of pleasant vices.'

34. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Community. Identity. Stability.
New Mexico
Decanting

35. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The Bokanovsky Process
The Falkland Islands
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

36. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
He conducted scientific experiments
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
A society of Alphas is unworkable

37. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Bernard Marx
He whips himself
Helmholtz Watson

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

39. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
She is horrified
New Mexico
'A gramme is better than a damn'
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo

40. What is the motto of the World State?
He conducted scientific experiments
Community. Identity. Stability.
The D.H.C.
Tomakin

41. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Five
New Mexico
To bring rain

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

43. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Violent Passion Surrogate
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Bernard Marx
Community. Identity. Stability.

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

45. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
The Falkland Islands
Community. Identity. Stability.
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
His physique

46. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Epsilons
Encouraged

47. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Violent Passion Surrogate
To bring rain
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

48. What was the first book that John read as a child?
Because she slept with their husbands
Because she slept with their husbands
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
He whips himself

49. 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
Community. Identity. Stability.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

50. What does Soma symbolize?
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.
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Excessive soma intake