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Trivia: Brave New World

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


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






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






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






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.'






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


7. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






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






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






10. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






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






13. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






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






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


16. Who is John's father?






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






18. How does the Solidarity Service end?






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






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






21. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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


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






24. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






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






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






28. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






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






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


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






32. What was the first book that John read as a child?






33. What is the motto of the World State?






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


35. What does Soma symbolize?






36. Where does Brave New World take place?






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






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






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






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


41. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Where does Brave New World take place?






50. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?