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Trivia: Brave New World

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






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






3. Where does Brave New World take place?






4. How many main castes are there?






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


6. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






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


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






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






11. What does Soma symbolize?






12. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






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






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






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






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






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






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. What is the motto of the World State?






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






21. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






22. How does the Solidarity Service end?






23. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






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


25. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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






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


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


38. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






39. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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


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






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






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






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






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






46. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?






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






48. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?






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






50. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?