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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
His physique
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Khaki
Because she slept with their husbands

2. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Falkland Islands
Bernard Marx
Machinery and medicine and happiness

3. 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.
Excessive soma intake
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
'A gramme is better than a damn'

4. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Both feel alienated from World State society
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Decanting

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

6. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Orgy-Porgy
Britian
The Bokanovsky Process
The Director

7. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Both feel alienated from World State society
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
With an orgy
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

8. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
John
He whips himself
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.

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

10. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Because she slept with their husbands
Helmholtz Watson
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Soma

11. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Orgy-Porgy
Britian
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

12. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
Decanting
To bring rain
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Violent Passion Surrogate

13. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Excessive soma intake
The D.H.C.
To bring rain

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

15. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Because she slept with their husbands
He writes a poem about solitude
He whips himself

16. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Machinery and medicine and happiness
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers

17. Where does Brave New World take place?
The Director
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Director
Britian

18. What was the first book that John read as a child?
Helmholtz Watson
The Bokanovsky Process
The D.H.C.
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo

19. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
His physique
He conducted scientific experiments
Soma

20. What does Soma symbolize?
He writes a poem about solitude
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
To bring rain
New Mexico

21. How many main castes are there?
Five
Khaki
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

22. 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
Decanting
He conducted scientific experiments
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests

23. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
'Suffer the children'
With an orgy

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

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

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

27. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
His physique
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
A society of Alphas is unworkable

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

29. Who is John's father?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The D.H.C.
The Bokanovsky Process

30. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Bernard Marx
Both feel alienated from World State society
Four months
His physique

31. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
The Director
The Falkland Islands
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.

32. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Community. Identity. Stability.
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Five
Decanting

33. 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.
Khaki
Tomakin
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

34. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Bernard Marx
The Director
His physique

35. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Epsilons
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
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.

36. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
With an orgy
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

37. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
The Director
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Five
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.

38. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Soma
He whips himself
Helmholtz Watson

39. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Orgy-Porgy
He writes a poem about solitude
With an orgy

40. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
She is horrified
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Khaki

41. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Epsilons
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Decanting

42. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
With an orgy
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Encouraged
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

43. Where does Brave New World take place?
Bernard Marx
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Britian
The Director

44. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
The Director
Encouraged
New Mexico

45. What color do delta babies always wear?
Decanting
John
Khaki
John

46. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
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.
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Orgy-Porgy
Britian

47. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
The Falkland Islands
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
A society of Alphas is unworkable

48. What is the motto of the World State?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Soma
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Falkland Islands

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

50. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
Four months
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
The Director
Three Weeks in a Helicopter