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Trivia: Brave New World

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

2. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Four months
Soma
Encouraged
Five

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

4. What does Soma symbolize?
He writes a poem about solitude
Soma
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.

5. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
To bring rain
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Soma

6. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The D.H.C.
Khaki

7. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
His physique
A society of Alphas is unworkable
'Suffer the children'

8. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Both feel alienated from World State society
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
He whips himself
New Mexico

9. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Both feel alienated from World State society
Bernard Marx
Decanting
With an orgy

10. What is the motto of the World State?
Excessive soma intake
Epsilons
Khaki
Community. Identity. Stability.

11. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
The D.H.C.
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
Khaki

12. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Orgy-Porgy
The Falkland Islands
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

13. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
His physique
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Four months
She is horrified

14. How many main castes are there?
The Director
Five
Decanting
Tomakin

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

16. Where does Brave New World take place?
He conducted scientific experiments
Encouraged
The Falkland Islands
Britian

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

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.'
Excessive soma intake
Helmholtz Watson
Epsilons
Both feel alienated from World State society

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

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

21. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Falkland Islands
With an orgy
A society of Alphas is unworkable

22. What was the first book that John read as a child?
The D.H.C.
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers

23. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
The D.H.C.
John
He conducted scientific experiments
He whips himself

24. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Five
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Violent Passion Surrogate

25. What color do delta babies always wear?
Britian
Khaki
Tomakin
A society of Alphas is unworkable

26. Where does Brave New World take place?
Britian
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
The Director
He writes a poem about solitude

27. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Khaki
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
The Bokanovsky Process

28. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
The Falkland Islands
The Bokanovsky Process
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The Falkland Islands

29. Who is John's father?
The D.H.C.
Machinery and medicine and happiness
To bring rain
Epsilons

30. How many main castes are there?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Soma
He conducted scientific experiments
Five

31. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Bokanovsky Process
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest

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

33. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
His physique
Violent Passion Surrogate
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
'Suffer the children'

34. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
To bring rain
Decanting
With an orgy
Both feel alienated from World State society

35. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
Helmholtz Watson
Khaki
Encouraged
The Director

36. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Falkland Islands
Because she slept with their husbands
Epsilons

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

38. What was the first book that John read as a child?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The D.H.C.
Excessive soma intake
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest

39. What is the motto of the World State?
Four months
Community. Identity. Stability.
Bernard Marx
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests

40. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
He writes a poem about solitude
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers

41. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Tomakin
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Decanting
Four months

42. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
The Director
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.
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

43. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
Four months
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Soma
She is horrified

44. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Khaki
His physique

45. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Director
Decanting

46. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
He whips himself
Decanting
Bernard Marx

47. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The Director
'A gramme is better than a damn'
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

48. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
The Director
He writes a poem about solitude
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Bernard Marx

49. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
New Mexico
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
He whips himself

50. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
To bring rain
His physique
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

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