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Trivia: Brave New World
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1. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Violent Passion Surrogate
John
Community. Identity. Stability.
He conducted scientific experiments
2. Mustapha Mond says that 'You can't have a lasting civilization without . . .'
3. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
He conducted scientific experiments
Epsilons
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
His physique
4. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
He whips himself
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
Four months
5. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
Khaki
Both feel alienated from World State society
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
John
6. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Orgy-Porgy
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
'Suffer the children'
She is horrified
7. What color do delta babies always wear?
Khaki
To bring rain
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
To bring rain
8. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
'Suffer the children'
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The Director
She is horrified
9. Who is John's father?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
A society of Alphas is unworkable
The Falkland Islands
The D.H.C.
10. After his return from the Reservation with the Savage - what event leads to Bernard's fall from social grace?
11. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
To bring rain
New Mexico
Orgy-Porgy
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
12. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Excessive soma intake
Epsilons
New Mexico
13. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
The Director
Violent Passion Surrogate
John
Machinery and medicine and happiness
14. How does the Solidarity Service end?
With an orgy
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Helmholtz Watson
New Mexico
15. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
Excessive soma intake
Helmholtz Watson
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
16. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Encouraged
John
The Bokanovsky Process
Both feel alienated from World State society
17. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
The Falkland Islands
She is horrified
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Because she slept with their husbands
18. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
To bring rain
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
19. What is the origin of the title Brave New World?
20. Explain 'HenryFord' and his importance in Brave New World
21. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
'Suffer the children'
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
He whips himself
He conducted scientific experiments
22. What does Soma symbolize?
The Bokanovsky Process
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Four months
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
23. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Excessive soma intake
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Orgy-Porgy
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
24. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The D.H.C.
Four months
Tomakin
25. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
To bring rain
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Tomakin
26. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Bernard Marx
27. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
He conducted scientific experiments
Orgy-Porgy
Decanting
Excessive soma intake
28. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Four months
Helmholtz Watson
The Director
He writes a poem about solitude
29. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
The Bokanovsky Process
Tomakin
Violent Passion Surrogate
'Suffer the children'
30. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
Four months
He conducted scientific experiments
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
31. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
'Suffer the children'
His physique
New Mexico
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
32. Why does Fanny try to convince Lenina to be more promiscuous?
33. How many main castes are there?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The D.H.C.
Five
To bring rain
34. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Orgy-Porgy
With an orgy
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Because she slept with their husbands
35. 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.'
The Falkland Islands
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Helmholtz Watson
His physique
36. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
The Director
Bernard Marx
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
37. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
His physique
38. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Khaki
New Mexico
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
39. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
The Director
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
New Mexico
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
40. What was the first book that John read as a child?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Helmholtz Watson
41. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
He conducted scientific experiments
Khaki
Five
42. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Decanting
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Director
43. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
Soma
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
John
The Falkland Islands
44. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
The Director
Excessive soma intake
The Director
45. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Tomakin
Orgy-Porgy
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Helmholtz Watson
46. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Excessive soma intake
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Decanting
47. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
Bernard Marx
Orgy-Porgy
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Because she slept with their husbands
48. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
The Bokanovsky Process
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Both feel alienated from World State society
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
49. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
Helmholtz Watson
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
50. What World State sayings has to do with soma?