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Trivia: Brave New World

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


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






3. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?






4. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






5. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






6. How does the Solidarity Service end?






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






8. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?






9. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






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


11. How many main castes are there?






12. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?






13. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...






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






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






16. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?






17. Who is John's father?






18. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






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


21. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






23. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






24. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






25. What does Soma symbolize?






26. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






27. What is the motto of the World State?






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


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






30. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






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






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






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






34. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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


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






37. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?






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






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






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


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






42. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






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






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






45. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






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






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


48. 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.'






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






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