Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Excessive soma intake
A society of Alphas is unworkable
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Epsilons


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

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3. Where does Brave New World take place?
He conducted scientific experiments
John
Britian
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


4. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Five
The D.H.C.
Tomakin
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


5. What was the first book that John read as a child?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Four months
'Suffer the children'
New Mexico


6. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
He conducted scientific experiments
Four months
The D.H.C.
His physique


7. Why does Fanny try to convince Lenina to be more promiscuous?

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8. How many main castes are there?
Community. Identity. Stability.
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
The Director
Five


9. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
She is horrified
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Epsilons
Orgy-Porgy


10. What color do delta babies always wear?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Khaki
The Director
'Suffer the children'


11. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
Tomakin
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
A society of Alphas is unworkable
He conducted scientific experiments


12. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Soma
New Mexico
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Orgy-Porgy


13. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Decanting
To bring rain
Encouraged
The Director


14. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Encouraged
John
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Epsilons


15. How does the Solidarity Service end?
With an orgy
Five
Because she slept with their husbands
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests


16. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Because she slept with their husbands
He whips himself
He writes a poem about solitude
Encouraged


17. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
He whips himself
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Bernard Marx


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

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19. Why does Fanny try to convince Lenina to be more promiscuous?

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20. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Khaki
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


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?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
The D.H.C.
Both feel alienated from World State society
He whips himself


23. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
His physique
The D.H.C.
New Mexico
He conducted scientific experiments


24. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
John
'Suffer the children'
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Community. Identity. Stability.


25. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Bernard Marx
'Suffer the children'
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Britian


26. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Five
Britian
His physique
Five


27. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Tomakin
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.


28. 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
Khaki
Helmholtz Watson
To bring rain


29. Where does Brave New World take place?
Britian
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


30. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Excessive soma intake
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Epsilons


31. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
The Bokanovsky Process
He conducted scientific experiments
The D.H.C.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


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

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33. What does Soma symbolize?
Orgy-Porgy
Britian
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


34. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Decanting
He whips himself
Both feel alienated from World State society
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


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

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36. 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.'
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Bokanovsky Process
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Helmholtz Watson


37. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
He conducted scientific experiments
Britian
He writes a poem about solitude


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

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39. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Khaki
Decanting
Epsilons


40. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
The Director
He conducted scientific experiments
New Mexico
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


41. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Helmholtz Watson
John


42. How many main castes are there?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Five
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


43. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Soma
Britian
The Bokanovsky Process
The D.H.C.


44. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
Decanting
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.
'Suffer the children'
The Director


45. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
Bernard Marx
The Director
He conducted scientific experiments
Britian


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

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47. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
Helmholtz Watson
Britian
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Encouraged


48. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Khaki
Orgy-Porgy
He writes a poem about solitude
She is horrified


49. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
He whips himself
Orgy-Porgy
The Director
Four months


50. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
The Director
John
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Tomakin