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Trivia: Brave New World

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






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






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






4. Where does Brave New World take place?






5. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






6. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






8. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






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






10. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






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






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






14. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






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






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






17. What is the motto of the World State?






18. How many main castes are there?






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






20. How many main castes are there?






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






22. Who is John's father?






23. What does Soma symbolize?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






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






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






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






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






37. What is the motto of the World State?






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






39. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






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






41. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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






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






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






45. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






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






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






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






49. Who is John's father?






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