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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
He whips himself
His physique
John

2. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
He conducted scientific experiments
Machinery and medicine and happiness

3. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Bernard Marx
John
Both feel alienated from World State society

4. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
To bring rain
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Violent Passion Surrogate

5. 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.'
Helmholtz Watson
To bring rain
Orgy-Porgy
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest

6. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
He writes a poem about solitude
He whips himself
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest

7. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
He whips himself
His physique
Decanting

8. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
His physique
The Bokanovsky Process
Tomakin

9. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
New Mexico
Violent Passion Surrogate
Encouraged
Helmholtz Watson

10. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
The Bokanovsky Process
Four months
New Mexico
'plenty of pleasant vices.'

11. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Orgy-Porgy
Because she slept with their husbands

12. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
She is horrified
Five
Tomakin
With an orgy

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

14. What does Soma symbolize?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Five
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
The Bokanovsky Process

15. 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.'
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Five
Helmholtz Watson
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

16. Who is John's father?
To bring rain
Soma
The D.H.C.
Decanting

17. How does the Solidarity Service end?
She is horrified
The Director
Decanting
With an orgy

18. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Decanting
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Britian

19. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Both feel alienated from World State society
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
New Mexico
Encouraged

20. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
He whips himself
New Mexico
Britian
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

21. Where does Brave New World take place?
Four months
Britian
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.

22. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
The D.H.C.
Soma

23. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Bernard Marx
Soma
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

24. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
She is horrified
Decanting
Both feel alienated from World State society
Four months

25. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
With an orgy
To bring rain
Four months

26. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Bernard Marx

27. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
The D.H.C.
Both feel alienated from World State society
He writes a poem about solitude
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

28. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Bernard Marx
To bring rain
Britian
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.

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

30. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Bokanovsky Process
Encouraged
Violent Passion Surrogate

31. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
Orgy-Porgy
Machinery and medicine and happiness
His physique
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers

32. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
The Falkland Islands
'A gramme is better than a damn'
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.

33. What color do delta babies always wear?
Britian
Khaki
Machinery and medicine and happiness
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.

34. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
The Director
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
'A gramme is better than a damn'

35. How many main castes are there?
He whips himself
His physique
Decanting
Five

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

37. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Encouraged
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

38. How does the Solidarity Service end?
He whips himself
'A gramme is better than a damn'
With an orgy
Both feel alienated from World State society

39. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
His physique
The Falkland Islands
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Community. Identity. Stability.

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

41. What does Soma symbolize?
The Director
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
His physique
Decanting

42. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Orgy-Porgy
Decanting
New Mexico
Epsilons

43. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
To bring rain
Decanting
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Encouraged

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

45. What was the first book that John read as a child?
Five
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
His physique

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

47. How many main castes are there?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Five
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Khaki

48. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Director
Orgy-Porgy

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

50. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Excessive soma intake
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.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Three Weeks in a Helicopter