Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
The Director
Because she slept with their husbands
A society of Alphas is unworkable
With an orgy


2. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Helmholtz Watson
Excessive soma intake
The Bokanovsky Process


3. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Decanting
Khaki
She is horrified
'A gramme is better than a damn'


4. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Bernard Marx
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
New Mexico
A society of Alphas is unworkable


5. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
The Director
Soma
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Britian


6. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
Because she slept with their husbands
She is horrified
'Suffer the children'
The Director


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

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8. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Five
Helmholtz Watson
His physique
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests


9. How many main castes are there?
The Director
Five
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Khaki


10. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Orgy-Porgy
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Falkland Islands
Both feel alienated from World State society


11. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
With an orgy
Four months
Community. Identity. Stability.


12. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Bernard Marx
Community. Identity. Stability.
Encouraged
The Director


13. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Decanting
Bernard Marx
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
He conducted scientific experiments


14. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Decanting
He conducted scientific experiments
Excessive soma intake


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

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

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17. What is the motto of the World State?
With an orgy
'Suffer the children'
Community. Identity. Stability.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


18. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Orgy-Porgy
He conducted scientific experiments
Tomakin
Both feel alienated from World State society


19. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Machinery and medicine and happiness
John
She is horrified
Bernard Marx


20. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Khaki
Britian
The Director


21. What color do delta babies always wear?
He whips himself
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Khaki
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


22. What color do delta babies always wear?
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.
She is horrified
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Khaki


23. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
New Mexico
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
His physique


24. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Epsilons
The D.H.C.
She is horrified
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


25. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Excessive soma intake
To bring rain


26. What does Soma symbolize?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
She is horrified
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Epsilons


27. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
He conducted scientific experiments
Britian


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

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29. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Four months
With an orgy
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


30. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Helmholtz Watson
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Both feel alienated from World State society
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


31. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
Khaki
A society of Alphas is unworkable
The Bokanovsky Process
The Falkland Islands


32. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
He whips himself
Khaki
Excessive soma intake


33. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Orgy-Porgy
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


34. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
The Falkland Islands
Four months
'Suffer the children'
The D.H.C.


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

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36. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
'Suffer the children'
The Falkland Islands
Britian
The Bokanovsky Process


37. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Epsilons
Helmholtz Watson
Bernard Marx
He writes a poem about solitude


38. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
The Director
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
The Falkland Islands
Britian


39. Who is John's father?
New Mexico
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.
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
The D.H.C.


40. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Tomakin
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
He whips himself


41. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
The Director
Four months


42. Who is John's father?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Encouraged
The D.H.C.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


43. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Violent Passion Surrogate
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.
Five
Orgy-Porgy


44. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
He whips himself
Bernard Marx
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
The D.H.C.


45. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
He writes a poem about solitude
Epsilons
Epsilons


46. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
'Suffer the children'
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


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

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48. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
He writes a poem about solitude
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Orgy-Porgy


49. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
He conducted scientific experiments
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Community. Identity. Stability.
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.


50. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Encouraged
New Mexico
Tomakin
John