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Trivia: Brave New World

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






2. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






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

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4. 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.'






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






6. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






8. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






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






10. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?






11. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






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






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

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14. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






15. Who is John's father?






16. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






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






18. 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.'






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






20. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?






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






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

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23. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?






24. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






25. What does Soma symbolize?






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

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27. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?






28. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






29. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?






30. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






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






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

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






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






35. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...






36. What color do delta babies always wear?






37. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






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






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






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






41. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?






42. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






43. What is the motto of the World State?






44. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






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






46. How many main castes are there?






47. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






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

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






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