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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Excessive soma intake
He conducted scientific experiments
Soma
She is horrified

2. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Khaki
New Mexico
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest

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

4. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
The Bokanovsky Process
The Bokanovsky Process
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
He writes a poem about solitude

5. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
His physique
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Tomakin
The Bokanovsky Process

6. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
He conducted scientific experiments
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

7. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
He whips himself
The D.H.C.
Orgy-Porgy
'A gramme is better than a damn'

8. What color do delta babies always wear?
Khaki
Britian
Because she slept with their husbands
'Suffer the children'

9. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Soma
Both feel alienated from World State society
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

10. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
She is horrified
To bring rain
John

11. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
The Director
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers

12. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Because she slept with their husbands
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Excessive soma intake

13. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
The Director
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Bernard Marx
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.

14. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Tomakin
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
'plenty of pleasant vices.'

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

16. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Community. Identity. Stability.
'Suffer the children'
The Director

17. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Violent Passion Surrogate
He writes a poem about solitude
The Director
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

18. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
'Suffer the children'
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
He whips himself

19. How does the Solidarity Service end?
With an orgy
Both feel alienated from World State society
He whips himself
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.

20. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
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.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Both feel alienated from World State society

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

22. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Epsilons
Bernard Marx
Encouraged
Decanting

23. 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.'
He whips himself
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Helmholtz Watson
With an orgy

24. What was the first book that John read as a child?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Epsilons
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
He whips himself

25. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Community. Identity. Stability.
His physique
Bernard Marx

26. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Bernard Marx
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
'Suffer the children'
To bring rain

27. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
The Director
She is horrified
The Falkland Islands
To bring rain

28. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Khaki
Orgy-Porgy
He whips himself

29. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
His physique
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Excessive soma intake
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

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

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

32. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Violent Passion Surrogate
He whips himself
He conducted scientific experiments
Because she slept with their husbands

33. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Bernard Marx
John
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Violent Passion Surrogate

34. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
Tomakin
Four months
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
John

35. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
'Suffer the children'
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
He conducted scientific experiments

36. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
Encouraged
Epsilons
Soma
A society of Alphas is unworkable

37. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Encouraged
Decanting
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest

38. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Four months

39. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Five
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The D.H.C.

40. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Both feel alienated from World State society
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Bokanovsky Process
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

41. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Falkland Islands
Epsilons

42. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Khaki
Violent Passion Surrogate
Excessive soma intake
He conducted scientific experiments

43. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
John
Epsilons
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Soma

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

45. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Four months
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.
Both feel alienated from World State society
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

46. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
Britian
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Because she slept with their husbands
John

47. What is the motto of the World State?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Community. Identity. Stability.
'plenty of pleasant vices.'

48. How many main castes are there?
The Director
Five
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest

49. What does Soma symbolize?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
New Mexico
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Excessive soma intake

50. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Khaki
His physique
Excessive soma intake
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation