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Trivia: Brave New World

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






2. Who is John's father?






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






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






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






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






7. Where does Brave New World take place?






8. 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.'






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

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






11. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






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

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13. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






15. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






17. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






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






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






20. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






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

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






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






24. How many main castes are there?






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






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






27. What was the first book that John read as a child?






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






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






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






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






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






33. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






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

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35. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






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






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






38. What is the motto of the World State?






39. What was the first book that John read as a child?






40. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






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

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






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






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






46. 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.'






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






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






49. How does the Solidarity Service end?






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

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