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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What is the motto of the World State?






2. 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.'






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






4. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






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






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






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






9. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






10. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






12. Who is John's father?






13. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?






14. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






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






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


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






18. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






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


20. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?






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






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


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






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


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






26. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?






27. 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.'






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






35. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






36. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?






37. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...






38. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?






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






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


41. How does the Solidarity Service end?






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


43. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






45. How many main castes are there?






46. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






47. What does Soma symbolize?






48. Where does Brave New World take place?






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






50. Explain the importance of Shakspeare