Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
Soma
Both feel alienated from World State society
Tomakin
A society of Alphas is unworkable


2. 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.'
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Helmholtz Watson
John


3. What does Soma symbolize?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Decanting
Both feel alienated from World State society


4. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Five
Four months
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


5. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Bokanovsky Process
The Director
Because she slept with their husbands


6. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
Community. Identity. Stability.
Bernard Marx
John
Epsilons


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

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8. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Soma
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Director
New Mexico


9. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He writes a poem about solitude
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
His physique
Soma


10. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Epsilons
Khaki


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

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12. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
She is horrified
Khaki
Both feel alienated from World State society


13. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Encouraged
His physique
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The D.H.C.


14. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
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 she slept with their husbands
He whips himself
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


15. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
Both feel alienated from World State society
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Britian
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


16. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
'Suffer the children'
Community. Identity. Stability.
Excessive soma intake
Both feel alienated from World State society


17. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Orgy-Porgy
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
With an orgy
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


18. What is the motto of the World State?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Because she slept with their husbands
Community. Identity. Stability.
Epsilons


19. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
Excessive soma intake
Five
To bring rain
'A gramme is better than a damn'


20. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Decanting
The D.H.C.
Britian
His physique


21. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Khaki
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Bernard Marx
Because she slept with their husbands


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

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23. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Violent Passion Surrogate
John
Orgy-Porgy
Bernard Marx


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

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25. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
He conducted scientific experiments
Epsilons
John
The Bokanovsky Process


26. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
To bring rain
Because she slept with their husbands
Decanting
'A gramme is better than a damn'


27. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
New Mexico
He writes a poem about solitude
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Bernard Marx


28. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Excessive soma intake
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Bernard Marx


29. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Violent Passion Surrogate
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'


30. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
'Suffer the children'
He whips himself
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
'A gramme is better than a damn'


31. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
She is horrified
The Director
Orgy-Porgy
Khaki


32. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Helmholtz Watson
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
He writes a poem about solitude
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'


33. How many main castes are there?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
With an orgy
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.
Five


34. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Director
Orgy-Porgy
She is horrified


35. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Both feel alienated from World State society


36. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
The D.H.C.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


37. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
To bring rain
The Bokanovsky Process
She is horrified
With an orgy


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

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39. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Decanting
The Bokanovsky Process
A society of Alphas is unworkable


40. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Both feel alienated from World State society
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Machinery and medicine and happiness
He writes a poem about solitude


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

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

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43. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The Director
Bernard Marx
The Director


44. What was the first book that John read as a child?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
To bring rain
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The Falkland Islands


45. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Orgy-Porgy
Because she slept with their husbands
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


46. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Decanting
Four months
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


47. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Because she slept with their husbands
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
New Mexico


48. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Decanting
Both feel alienated from World State society


49. What color do delta babies always wear?
The Falkland Islands
Khaki
His physique
Community. Identity. Stability.


50. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Bernard Marx
She is horrified
Machinery and medicine and happiness
He writes a poem about solitude