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Trivia: Brave New World
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1. 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.'
Helmholtz Watson
He writes a poem about solitude
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Tomakin
2. How many main castes are there?
Both feel alienated from World State society
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Five
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
3. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
Tomakin
'Suffer the children'
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The D.H.C.
4. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
John
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The Director
5. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Soma
Decanting
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Both feel alienated from World State society
6. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Both feel alienated from World State society
Britian
Decanting
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
7. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Orgy-Porgy
Decanting
Violent Passion Surrogate
'A gramme is better than a damn'
8. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Soma
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
9. Where does Brave New World take place?
He writes a poem about solitude
Because she slept with their husbands
Britian
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
10. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
With an orgy
His physique
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
To bring rain
11. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Khaki
New Mexico
The Director
12. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Encouraged
Tomakin
Community. Identity. Stability.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
13. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
He conducted scientific experiments
Khaki
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Bernard Marx
14. What does Soma symbolize?
Five
Khaki
The Director
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
15. What World State sayings has to do with soma?
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16. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He writes a poem about solitude
He conducted scientific experiments
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
The Falkland Islands
17. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
Tomakin
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
The Bokanovsky Process
Khaki
18. What Biblical phrase does Mustapha Mond use when children begin playing around him?
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19. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
'Suffer the children'
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Both feel alienated from World State society
His physique
20. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
With an orgy
Because she slept with their husbands
The D.H.C.
21. After his return from the Reservation with the Savage - what event leads to Bernard's fall from social grace?
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22. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
John
Orgy-Porgy
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
A society of Alphas is unworkable
23. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Khaki
Soma
Encouraged
New Mexico
24. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
With an orgy
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
To bring rain
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
25. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Both feel alienated from World State society
Helmholtz Watson
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Soma
26. Why does Fanny try to convince Lenina to be more promiscuous?
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27. What color do delta babies always wear?
Epsilons
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Helmholtz Watson
Khaki
28. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
His physique
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The Director
29. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
Tomakin
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
She is horrified
The Director
30. How many main castes are there?
Five
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
He writes a poem about solitude
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
31. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Excessive soma intake
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
32. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
She is horrified
Helmholtz Watson
He conducted scientific experiments
A society of Alphas is unworkable
33. What is the motto of the World State?
With an orgy
She is horrified
New Mexico
Community. Identity. Stability.
34. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
New Mexico
John
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
'Suffer the children'
35. Who is John's father?
Encouraged
The D.H.C.
Bernard Marx
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
36. What color do delta babies always wear?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Khaki
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
A society of Alphas is unworkable
37. How does the Solidarity Service end?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
With an orgy
To bring rain
His physique
38. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Decanting
To bring rain
Community. Identity. Stability.
39. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Soma
40. What is the motto of the World State?
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.
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Bokanovsky Process
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
41. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
Because she slept with their husbands
Soma
Khaki
The Falkland Islands
42. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
His physique
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
He whips himself
The Director
43. After his return from the Reservation with the Savage - what event leads to Bernard's fall from social grace?
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44. What is the origin of the title Brave New World?
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45. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
John
Epsilons
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Because she slept with their husbands
46. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
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.
Because she slept with their husbands
Decanting
47. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Epsilons
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.
48. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
The Bokanovsky Process
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Epsilons
He whips himself
49. Explain 'HenryFord' and his importance in Brave New World
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50. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Orgy-Porgy
She is horrified
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.
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