Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Violent Passion Surrogate
He writes a poem about solitude
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


2. Who is John's father?
The D.H.C.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
She is horrified


3. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Bernard Marx
Machinery and medicine and happiness
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
The D.H.C.


4. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
The Director
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'


5. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Decanting
He conducted scientific experiments
Violent Passion Surrogate
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


6. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
'Suffer the children'
Because she slept with their husbands
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo


7. Where does Brave New World take place?
The Falkland Islands
Britian
The Bokanovsky Process
Encouraged


8. 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.'
Both feel alienated from World State society
Four months
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Helmholtz Watson


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

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10. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Orgy-Porgy
Britian


11. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Five
New Mexico
John
Both feel alienated from World State society


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

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13. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
Excessive soma intake
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
Decanting
The Director


14. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Decanting
He writes a poem about solitude


15. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
Bernard Marx
He whips himself
The Director
To bring rain


16. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
Five
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Helmholtz Watson
A society of Alphas is unworkable


17. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Violent Passion Surrogate
New Mexico
'A gramme is better than a damn'


18. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Orgy-Porgy
The Falkland Islands
Excessive soma intake
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


19. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
The Bokanovsky Process
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


20. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
His physique
Excessive soma intake
Excessive soma intake
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


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

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22. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Bernard Marx
The Director
Encouraged
John


23. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
'Suffer the children'
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


24. How many main castes are there?
The Falkland Islands
Five
Epsilons
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


25. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
The Director
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Bokanovsky Process
He whips himself


26. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The Bokanovsky Process
Excessive soma intake


27. What was the first book that John read as a child?
Soma
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The Director
He writes a poem about solitude


28. 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.
Soma
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The D.H.C.


29. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
With an orgy
The Falkland Islands
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Epsilons


30. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
With an orgy
Both feel alienated from World State society
John
The Bokanovsky Process


31. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
The Bokanovsky Process
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Excessive soma intake
Encouraged


32. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Falkland Islands
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Community. Identity. Stability.


33. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
Violent Passion Surrogate
Bernard Marx
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Community. Identity. Stability.


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

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35. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Epsilons
A society of Alphas is unworkable


36. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
A society of Alphas is unworkable
The Falkland Islands
Excessive soma intake


37. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
The Director
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
The Bokanovsky Process
Because she slept with their husbands


38. What is the motto of the World State?
Community. Identity. Stability.
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Both feel alienated from World State society
Bernard Marx


39. What was the first book that John read as a child?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Soma
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo


40. What color do delta babies always wear?
The Falkland Islands
Khaki
Community. Identity. Stability.
He writes a poem about solitude


41. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
'A gramme is better than a damn'
The Director


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

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43. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He writes a poem about solitude
Because she slept with their husbands
Britian
Machinery and medicine and happiness


44. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Community. Identity. Stability.
Because she slept with their husbands
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Decanting


45. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Excessive soma intake
To bring rain
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


46. 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.'
Helmholtz Watson
With an orgy
He whips himself
'Suffer the children'


47. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
The Bokanovsky Process
Tomakin
The D.H.C.
Excessive soma intake


48. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Excessive soma intake
Because she slept with their husbands
Helmholtz Watson


49. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Excessive soma intake
The D.H.C.
The Bokanovsky Process
With an orgy


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

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