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Trivia: Brave New World

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






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






3. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






4. 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.'






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

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6. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






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

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






9. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






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






11. Where does Brave New World take place?






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






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

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






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






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






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






18. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






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






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






22. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?






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






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






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

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26. How many main castes are there?






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

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28. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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

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

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






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

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33. What does Soma symbolize?






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






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

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36. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






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






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






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






40. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






41. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






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

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44. What color do delta babies always wear?






45. Who is John's father?






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

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






48. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






49. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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