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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
Khaki
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Five
He writes a poem about solitude

2. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Violent Passion Surrogate
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Soma

3. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
The Falkland Islands
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
With an orgy
Epsilons

4. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
The Bokanovsky Process
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Decanting
To bring rain

5. What color do delta babies always wear?
Khaki
The Director
Tomakin
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

6. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Khaki
Decanting
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests

7. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Four months
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Britian
Encouraged

8. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Britian
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

9. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Britian
Orgy-Porgy
Khaki
His physique

10. Where does Brave New World take place?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Epsilons
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Britian

11. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Orgy-Porgy
Bernard Marx
The D.H.C.
Khaki

12. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
The Director
Both feel alienated from World State society
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Director

13. How many main castes are there?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The Falkland Islands
Orgy-Porgy
Five

14. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Soma
Decanting
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
He conducted scientific experiments

15. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
He writes a poem about solitude
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Britian
She is horrified

16. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
He writes a poem about solitude
Community. Identity. Stability.
Five
Encouraged

17. How many main castes are there?
Five
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Four months
With an orgy

18. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Khaki
The Bokanovsky Process
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Britian

19. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Violent Passion Surrogate
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

20. Who is John's father?
The D.H.C.
Soma
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

21. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Both feel alienated from World State society
Helmholtz Watson
He writes a poem about solitude
Excessive soma intake

22. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Soma
Tomakin

23. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
A society of Alphas is unworkable
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.
Five

24. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
The Director
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
She is horrified

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

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26. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Soma
With an orgy
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

27. Who is John's father?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The D.H.C.
Soma
Violent Passion Surrogate

28. What is the motto of the World State?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Community. Identity. Stability.
Because she slept with their husbands
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

29. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Because she slept with their husbands
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Orgy-Porgy

30. 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.'
New Mexico
The Falkland Islands
Orgy-Porgy
Helmholtz Watson

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

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

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33. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
John
Four months
New Mexico
A society of Alphas is unworkable

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

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35. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Excessive soma intake
Both feel alienated from World State society
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.

36. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
She is horrified
Khaki
Machinery and medicine and happiness
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

37. 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.'
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Helmholtz Watson
Both feel alienated from World State society
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

38. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Tomakin
He writes a poem about solitude
He whips himself
Four months

39. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Encouraged
Four months
He whips himself
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

40. What was the first book that John read as a child?
Epsilons
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
'Suffer the children'

41. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
John
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Because she slept with their husbands
Bernard Marx

42. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Because she slept with their husbands
Encouraged
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

43. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Because she slept with their husbands
Khaki
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
She is horrified

44. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
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.
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
A society of Alphas is unworkable
He conducted scientific experiments

45. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Bernard Marx
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Both feel alienated from World State society
'plenty of pleasant vices.'

46. What does Soma symbolize?
Tomakin
Encouraged
His physique
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.

47. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Encouraged
With an orgy
He conducted scientific experiments
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

48. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Encouraged
Because she slept with their husbands
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

49. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
She is horrified
Soma

50. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
His physique
Khaki
Bernard Marx
Decanting