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1. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
To bring rain
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


2. Who is John's father?
The D.H.C.
Decanting
She is horrified
John


3. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
With an orgy
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Violent Passion Surrogate
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


4. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Both feel alienated from World State society
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
The Director
The Director


5. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Soma
His physique
The D.H.C.
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


6. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Violent Passion Surrogate
He conducted scientific experiments
He writes a poem about solitude
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


7. What was the first book that John read as a child?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The Bokanovsky Process
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


8. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Violent Passion Surrogate
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
The Bokanovsky Process
New Mexico


9. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Community. Identity. Stability.
He writes a poem about solitude
Soma
Four months


10. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
He conducted scientific experiments


11. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
The Falkland Islands
New Mexico
Britian
Orgy-Porgy


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

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13. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Encouraged
He whips himself
Decanting
Violent Passion Surrogate


14. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Epsilons
Machinery and medicine and happiness
His physique
Soma


15. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Orgy-Porgy


16. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Machinery and medicine and happiness
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Four months


17. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Four months
Violent Passion Surrogate


18. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Soma
Khaki
He conducted scientific experiments
The Falkland Islands


19. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
His physique
Soma
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
The Director


20. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Four months
The Bokanovsky Process
To bring rain
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


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

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22. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Orgy-Porgy
He writes a poem about solitude
She is horrified


23. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Decanting
Helmholtz Watson
Tomakin
New Mexico


24. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
The Director
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Epsilons
Because she slept with their husbands


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

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26. What color do delta babies always wear?
Khaki
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
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.


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

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28. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Britian
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Soma
Epsilons


29. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Soma
Five
His physique
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


30. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Director
Five
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


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

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32. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Community. Identity. Stability.
With an orgy
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


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. Who is John's father?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
He writes a poem about solitude
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
The D.H.C.


35. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Britian
Bernard Marx
Encouraged
Five


36. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
The D.H.C.
New Mexico
The Falkland Islands
John


37. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Britian
To bring rain
Both feel alienated from World State society
Tomakin


38. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
To bring rain
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Bernard Marx
Decanting


39. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
The Falkland Islands
With an orgy
To bring rain
Because she slept with their husbands


40. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Excessive soma intake
To bring rain
The D.H.C.


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

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42. What is the motto of the World State?
Epsilons
To bring rain
He writes a poem about solitude
Community. Identity. Stability.


43. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
Tomakin
John
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Both feel alienated from World State society


44. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
The Bokanovsky Process
Both feel alienated from World State society
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Because she slept with their husbands


45. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
The Falkland Islands
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Bernard Marx


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

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47. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


48. What does Soma symbolize?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


49. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Tomakin
A society of Alphas is unworkable
He writes a poem about solitude


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

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