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Trivia: Brave New World

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






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

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






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






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

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






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






9. 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.'






10. What does Soma symbolize?






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

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






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






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

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15. What does Soma symbolize?






16. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






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






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

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






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






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






23. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






25. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






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






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






28. What is the motto of the World State?






29. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






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

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






32. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






34. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






35. Who is John's father?






36. Where does Brave New World take place?






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






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

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39. What is the motto of the World State?






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






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






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

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






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






45. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






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






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






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






50. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






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