Trivia: Brave New World

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1. Where does Brave New World take place?
With an orgy
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Britian
Decanting


2. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Bernard Marx
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Director


3. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Excessive soma intake
Both feel alienated from World State society
The Falkland Islands
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


4. Who is John's father?
The D.H.C.
New Mexico
The Director
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


5. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
The Director
To bring rain
Excessive soma intake
Violent Passion Surrogate


6. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Epsilons
'Suffer the children'


7. Who is John's father?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The D.H.C.
Helmholtz Watson
New Mexico


8. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
With an orgy
The Director


9. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
The Bokanovsky Process
Violent Passion Surrogate
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Violent Passion Surrogate


10. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Bokanovsky Process
The Director
Five


11. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
New Mexico
Britian
Tomakin
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness


12. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
The Bokanovsky Process
John
Bernard Marx
'Suffer the children'


13. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Bernard Marx
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Director
Four months


14. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Encouraged
She is horrified
The Director
The D.H.C.


15. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
'Suffer the children'
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The D.H.C.


16. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Orgy-Porgy
To bring rain
He conducted scientific experiments
His physique


17. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Both feel alienated from World State society
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
The D.H.C.


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

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19. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
To bring rain
Decanting
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
He writes a poem about solitude


20. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Epsilons
His physique
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


21. What color do delta babies always wear?
Khaki
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Bernard Marx


22. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
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.
Both feel alienated from World State society
He whips himself
She is horrified


23. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Helmholtz Watson
Soma


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
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


25. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Decanting
Epsilons
Violent Passion Surrogate
Five


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

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27. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Bernard Marx
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Four months


28. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Five
Tomakin
Helmholtz Watson


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

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

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31. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The Director
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Helmholtz Watson


32. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Soma
The Director
With an orgy
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


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

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

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35. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
His physique
John
The Falkland Islands
Orgy-Porgy


36. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Encouraged
Tomakin
Both feel alienated from World State society
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


37. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Both feel alienated from World State society
The Director
Because she slept with their husbands
Tomakin


38. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
John
Epsilons
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


39. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Five
Community. Identity. Stability.


40. What is the motto of the World State?
Helmholtz Watson
Because she slept with their husbands
Community. Identity. Stability.
Encouraged


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


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

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43. What is the motto of the World State?
'Suffer the children'
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Community. Identity. Stability.
Tomakin


44. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
He writes a poem about solitude
The Director
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


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

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46. 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
Helmholtz Watson
John


47. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Because she slept with their husbands
Decanting
The Falkland Islands
Tomakin


48. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
The Director
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Five
Encouraged


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

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50. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
Community. Identity. Stability.
Both feel alienated from World State society
The Falkland Islands
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo