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Trivia: Brave New World

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






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






3. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






5. What does Soma symbolize?






6. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






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


8. How many main castes are there?






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


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






11. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






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






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


14. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?






15. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






17. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






18. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






19. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






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






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






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






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.'






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






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






26. Who is John's father?






27. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






28. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






29. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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






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


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






33. How does the Solidarity Service end?






34. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






35. What does Soma symbolize?






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






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






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






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






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






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


42. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






43. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






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


45. Where does Brave New World take place?






46. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






47. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






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


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