Trivia: Brave New World

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

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2. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
The Director
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Five
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


3. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Orgy-Porgy
Excessive soma intake
Community. Identity. Stability.
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


4. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
John
Decanting
The Bokanovsky Process
A society of Alphas is unworkable


5. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
'Suffer the children'
The Falkland Islands
Epsilons
He conducted scientific experiments


6. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Four months
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
He conducted scientific experiments


7. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He writes a poem about solitude
Bernard Marx
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


8. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Community. Identity. Stability.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


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 gramme is better than a damn'
Tomakin
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Helmholtz Watson


10. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
To bring rain
Tomakin
The Bokanovsky Process
Machinery and medicine and happiness


11. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
He whips himself
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
Britian
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'


12. How does the Solidarity Service end?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Epsilons
Khaki
With an orgy


13. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
The Director
To bring rain
Soma
He writes a poem about solitude


14. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Britian
Encouraged
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness


15. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Orgy-Porgy
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.
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


16. What was the first book that John read as a child?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


17. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
New Mexico
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Five
Excessive soma intake


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

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19. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Soma
Both feel alienated from World State society
With an orgy
'Suffer the children'


20. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Tomakin
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


21. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Excessive soma intake
Bernard Marx
Excessive soma intake
Both feel alienated from World State society


22. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
New Mexico
The Falkland Islands
Because she slept with their husbands
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'


23. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
He whips himself
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.
His physique
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


24. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
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.
Britian
Orgy-Porgy


25. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Bernard Marx
The Director
Orgy-Porgy
Community. Identity. Stability.


26. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Orgy-Porgy
Because she slept with their husbands


27. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
Khaki
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


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

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29. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Encouraged
Decanting
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


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

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31. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
The Falkland Islands
Four months
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
To bring rain


32. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
He conducted scientific experiments
Both feel alienated from World State society
She is horrified
Because she slept with their husbands


33. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Helmholtz Watson
With an orgy
Encouraged
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


34. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Soma
Tomakin
Because she slept with their husbands
Five


35. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Community. Identity. Stability.
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Director


36. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
He writes a poem about solitude
The D.H.C.
She is horrified
Encouraged


37. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Violent Passion Surrogate
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Encouraged
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.


38. How many main castes are there?
Five
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Machinery and medicine and happiness
He writes a poem about solitude


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

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40. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Both feel alienated from World State society
He writes a poem about solitude


41. Where does Brave New World take place?
He conducted scientific experiments
Britian
She is horrified
The Director


42. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Orgy-Porgy
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Epsilons


43. What is the motto of the World State?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Violent Passion Surrogate
Khaki
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


44. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Four months
Both feel alienated from World State society
Britian


45. Who is John's father?
Britian
The D.H.C.
Soma
A society of Alphas is unworkable


46. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Excessive soma intake
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.
Orgy-Porgy
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'


47. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Community. Identity. Stability.
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
'A gramme is better than a damn'
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


48. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
'Suffer the children'
She is horrified
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


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

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50. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
She is horrified
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
John
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers