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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. 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.
He conducted scientific experiments
The Director
With an orgy

2. 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.
He writes a poem about solitude
She is horrified
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests

3. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Orgy-Porgy
His physique
John

4. Who is John's father?
Both feel alienated from World State society
The D.H.C.
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
New Mexico

5. Who is John's father?
The D.H.C.
He whips himself
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
A society of Alphas is unworkable

6. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
New Mexico
'Suffer the children'
A society of Alphas is unworkable
The Bokanovsky Process

7. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
She is horrified
Orgy-Porgy
The Director
Machinery and medicine and happiness

8. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
His physique
He writes a poem about solitude

9. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
The Falkland Islands
She is horrified
Decanting
Encouraged

10. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
New Mexico
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
To bring rain

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

12. What color do delta babies always wear?
Decanting
Encouraged
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Khaki

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

14. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Bernard Marx
Soma
Khaki
A society of Alphas is unworkable

15. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Four months
Epsilons

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

17. What does Soma symbolize?
New Mexico
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Community. Identity. Stability.
John

18. How many main castes are there?
Five
Community. Identity. Stability.
The D.H.C.
A society of Alphas is unworkable

19. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Britian
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Director

20. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
The Bokanovsky Process
The Falkland Islands
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.

21. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
Orgy-Porgy
Epsilons
John
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

22. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Orgy-Porgy
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
He whips himself
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

23. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
Community. Identity. Stability.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Violent Passion Surrogate

24. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Because she slept with their husbands
The Falkland Islands
The Bokanovsky Process
To bring rain

25. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
He writes a poem about solitude
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Tomakin
Epsilons

26. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
His physique
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
He conducted scientific experiments

27. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
Five
The Director
Four months
A society of Alphas is unworkable

28. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
The Director
With an orgy
Britian
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

29. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Soma
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
New Mexico

30. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Four months
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Because she slept with their husbands
Decanting

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

32. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Decanting
New Mexico
'A gramme is better than a damn'
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests

33. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
Khaki
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.
Britian
To bring rain

34. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
The Director
'Suffer the children'
Four months
He writes a poem about solitude

35. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
She is horrified
Britian
A society of Alphas is unworkable

36. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
Bernard Marx
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Director
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

37. Where does Brave New World take place?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
He conducted scientific experiments
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Britian

38. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
With an orgy
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Four months
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

39. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
New Mexico
His physique
Epsilons
Four months

40. What is the motto of the World State?
Community. Identity. Stability.
With an orgy
He whips himself
John

41. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
The Director
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Khaki
Machinery and medicine and happiness

42. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
He whips himself
He conducted scientific experiments
Decanting

43. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
'A gramme is better than a damn'
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests

44. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
His physique
He conducted scientific experiments
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo

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

46. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Because she slept with their husbands
Britian
She is horrified

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

48. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Five
Violent Passion Surrogate
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest

49. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Bernard Marx
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Excessive soma intake
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

50. What does Soma symbolize?
She is horrified
The D.H.C.
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.