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






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






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


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






6. 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.'






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






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






9. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






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






11. How many main castes are there?






12. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






13. How does the Solidarity Service end?






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


15. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






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


17. How does the Solidarity Service end?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






30. What does Soma symbolize?






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






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


33. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






34. How many main castes are there?






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






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






37. What does Soma symbolize?






38. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






39. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






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


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






43. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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






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






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






47. Where does Brave New World take place?






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






49. Who is John's father?






50. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?