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Trivia: Brave New World

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






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






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






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






5. What is the motto of the World State?






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

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






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

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9. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






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






11. What does Soma symbolize?






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

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13. Who is John's father?






14. What color do delta babies always wear?






15. What does Soma symbolize?






16. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






17. How many main castes are there?






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

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19. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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

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21. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?






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






23. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






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

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






26. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






27. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.'






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






37. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






38. Who is John's father?






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






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






41. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






42. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






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

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






46. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






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






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






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

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