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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






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


3. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?






4. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






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


6. What does Soma symbolize?






7. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...






8. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?






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






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


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






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






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






14. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?






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






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






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






18. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?






19. What color do delta babies always wear?






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


21. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






22. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






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






24. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






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






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






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






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


29. 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.'






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






31. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?






32. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






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


34. Who is John's father?






35. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






36. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






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






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






39. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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


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






42. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?






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






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


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






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






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


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






49. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?






50. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...