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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
With an orgy
Bernard Marx
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

2. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The D.H.C.
Encouraged
Tomakin

3. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
His physique
Five
Encouraged

4. Where does Brave New World take place?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Britian
Orgy-Porgy
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

5. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Tomakin
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Bernard Marx
Britian

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

7. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Khaki
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
He conducted scientific experiments
'A gramme is better than a damn'

8. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
The Falkland Islands
Encouraged
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
He whips himself

9. 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.'
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Helmholtz Watson
To bring rain
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.

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

11. How does the Solidarity Service end?
New Mexico
Excessive soma intake
With an orgy
Khaki

12. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
He whips himself
The Director
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

13. Who is John's father?
Because she slept with their husbands
He writes a poem about solitude
The D.H.C.
The Bokanovsky Process

14. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Because she slept with their husbands
Britian
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
New Mexico

15. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Both feel alienated from World State society

16. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Because she slept with their husbands
Orgy-Porgy

17. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
John
With an orgy
Encouraged
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests

18. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
Excessive soma intake
Khaki
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
John

19. What color do delta babies always wear?
Khaki
The Bokanovsky Process
Orgy-Porgy
He writes a poem about solitude

20. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
Community. Identity. Stability.
'Suffer the children'
The Director
His physique

21. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Director
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.

22. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Orgy-Porgy
Khaki
Bernard Marx

23. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
New Mexico
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
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.

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

25. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
John

26. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
Both feel alienated from World State society
He conducted scientific experiments
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

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

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

29. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
He conducted scientific experiments
Britian
New Mexico
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'

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

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

32. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Soma
The D.H.C.
Helmholtz Watson
Because she slept with their husbands

33. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
The Bokanovsky Process
He conducted scientific experiments
Bernard Marx

34. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Khaki
'A gramme is better than a damn'
With an orgy
Four months

35. 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
He whips himself
Soma

36. How many main castes are there?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Five
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Four months

37. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Bernard Marx
The D.H.C.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Soma

38. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
She is horrified
Orgy-Porgy
'A gramme is better than a damn'
A society of Alphas is unworkable

39. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Falkland Islands
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
His physique

40. What is the motto of the World State?
New Mexico
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Community. Identity. Stability.

41. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
John
Encouraged
Four months
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

42. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Epsilons
He writes a poem about solitude
Soma
Violent Passion Surrogate

43. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He writes a poem about solitude
A society of Alphas is unworkable
With an orgy
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.

44. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
The Director
Britian
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Because she slept with their husbands

45. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Decanting
The Director
The Falkland Islands

46. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
With an orgy
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Excessive soma intake
Decanting

47. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Violent Passion Surrogate
Encouraged
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo

48. What color do delta babies always wear?
Khaki
'Suffer the children'
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

49. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
To bring rain
He conducted scientific experiments
The Bokanovsky Process
Because she slept with their husbands

50. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
The Falkland Islands
John
Four months
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.