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Trivia: Brave New World

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

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2. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
The Bokanovsky Process
Britian
Machinery and medicine and happiness

3. What color do delta babies always wear?
His physique
Khaki
He whips himself
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.

4. What does Soma symbolize?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
The Director
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
The D.H.C.

5. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
With an orgy
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
'Suffer the children'

6. Who is John's father?
The Director
He writes a poem about solitude
Community. Identity. Stability.
The D.H.C.

7. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
He writes a poem about solitude
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Orgy-Porgy
The D.H.C.

8. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
The Director
Community. Identity. Stability.
To bring rain
Encouraged

9. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Encouraged
Epsilons
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

10. How many main castes are there?
The D.H.C.
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Five

11. Where does Brave New World take place?
The D.H.C.
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Britian

12. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Britian
With an orgy
Tomakin

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

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14. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Decanting
She is horrified

15. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
Because she slept with their husbands
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Director

16. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Four months
Soma
He whips himself
A society of Alphas is unworkable

17. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

18. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Bernard Marx
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Violent Passion Surrogate

19. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
The Director
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
The Falkland Islands
Khaki

20. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
His physique
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

21. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
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.
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Epsilons
Community. Identity. Stability.

22. 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.'
He conducted scientific experiments
Helmholtz Watson
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.
The Director

23. What color do delta babies always wear?
Bernard Marx
Khaki
A society of Alphas is unworkable
He writes a poem about solitude

24. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
With an orgy
Epsilons
Helmholtz Watson
Soma

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

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26. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Bernard Marx
His physique
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Decanting

27. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
He conducted scientific experiments
Tomakin
Orgy-Porgy
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

28. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Because she slept with their husbands
The Bokanovsky Process
The D.H.C.

29. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
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.
Encouraged
John
The Bokanovsky Process

30. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
His physique
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.

31. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Bernard Marx
Because she slept with their husbands
The Bokanovsky Process

32. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
Khaki
John
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Epsilons

33. 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.'
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
To bring rain
Both feel alienated from World State society
Helmholtz Watson

34. Who is John's father?
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.
New Mexico
Violent Passion Surrogate
The D.H.C.

35. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
He whips himself
Because she slept with their husbands
Tomakin
Decanting

36. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The Bokanovsky Process
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

37. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Violent Passion Surrogate
He whips himself
Bernard Marx
Decanting

38. What is the motto of the World State?
Britian
Community. Identity. Stability.
She is horrified
'Suffer the children'

39. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
John
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
A society of Alphas is unworkable

40. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Orgy-Porgy
Decanting
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
The Director

41. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Tomakin
She is horrified
Khaki
Both feel alienated from World State society

42. What was the first book that John read as a child?
To bring rain
Britian
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo

43. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Community. Identity. Stability.
He writes a poem about solitude
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

44. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
He whips himself
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Britian
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers

45. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Four months
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Decanting

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

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47. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
To bring rain
Both feel alienated from World State society
The Director
A society of Alphas is unworkable

48. What was the first book that John read as a child?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Epsilons
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Community. Identity. Stability.

49. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
The Falkland Islands
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
The Director

50. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
His physique
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
John