Trivia: Brave New World

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1. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Community. Identity. Stability.
He writes a poem about solitude
Bernard Marx
The Director


2. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
The Bokanovsky Process
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Helmholtz Watson


3. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
The Director
Because she slept with their husbands
To bring rain
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo


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

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5. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
New Mexico
John
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


6. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
His physique
With an orgy
'Suffer the children'
He conducted scientific experiments


7. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Britian
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


8. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Encouraged
Violent Passion Surrogate
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The Bokanovsky Process


9. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Violent Passion Surrogate
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
To bring rain


10. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Soma
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
New Mexico
Decanting


11. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
Five
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Khaki
His physique


12. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
Five
Tomakin
Community. Identity. Stability.


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

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

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15. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Four months
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Excessive soma intake


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

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

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

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19. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
She is horrified
Orgy-Porgy
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


20. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
The D.H.C.
John
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Encouraged


21. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
Excessive soma intake
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Decanting


22. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Violent Passion Surrogate
Excessive soma intake
Machinery and medicine and happiness
With an orgy


23. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Encouraged
Both feel alienated from World State society
A society of Alphas is unworkable


24. What was the first book that John read as a child?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Community. Identity. Stability.
He writes a poem about solitude
The Bokanovsky Process


25. 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.'
Helmholtz Watson
His physique
'A gramme is better than a damn'
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests


26. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
The Director
Soma
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Excessive soma intake


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.'
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.
Four months
Helmholtz Watson
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


28. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
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.
Excessive soma intake
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
'A gramme is better than a damn'


29. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Encouraged
The Falkland Islands
Helmholtz Watson
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


30. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Epsilons
The Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands


31. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
The Falkland Islands
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


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

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33. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
He writes a poem about solitude
New Mexico
John


34. What color do delta babies always wear?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Khaki
Both feel alienated from World State society
Because she slept with their husbands


35. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Britian
Violent Passion Surrogate
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


36. What color do delta babies always wear?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
She is horrified
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Khaki


37. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
His physique
Tomakin
Both feel alienated from World State society
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


38. How does the Solidarity Service end?
With an orgy
Because she slept with their husbands
Orgy-Porgy
The Falkland Islands


39. How many main castes are there?
Tomakin
Because she slept with their husbands
Five
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


40. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
He conducted scientific experiments
Epsilons
New Mexico
She is horrified


41. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Khaki
Orgy-Porgy
Four months


42. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Decanting
With an orgy
Five


43. Where does Brave New World take place?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Community. Identity. Stability.
Britian


44. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Tomakin
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Excessive soma intake
The Director


45. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
John
Encouraged
Violent Passion Surrogate


46. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
'Suffer the children'
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
To bring rain
Machinery and medicine and happiness


47. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Epsilons
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.
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Four months


48. What is the motto of the World State?
The Director
Community. Identity. Stability.
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Helmholtz Watson


49. What was the first book that John read as a child?
Encouraged
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Four months
The D.H.C.


50. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
To bring rain
With an orgy