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Trivia: Brave New World

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






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






3. How many main castes are there?






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






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






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






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






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






9. Who is John's father?






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






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






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






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

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14. What is the motto of the World State?






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






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






17. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






18. 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.'






19. What does Soma symbolize?






20. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






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






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

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






24. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






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

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






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






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






29. How does the Solidarity Service end?






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

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31. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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






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

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






35. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






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

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37. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






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

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






40. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






41. What color do delta babies always wear?






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

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






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






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






46. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






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






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






49. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






50. Where does Brave New World take place?