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Trivia: Brave New World

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






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






3. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?






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?






6. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






7. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






8. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?






9. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?






10. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






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






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






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?






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?






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






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






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






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






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






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.'






26. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






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 is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?






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






30. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






31. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






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

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33. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






34. What color do delta babies always wear?






35. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?






36. What color do delta babies always wear?






37. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?






38. How does the Solidarity Service end?






39. How many main castes are there?






40. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?






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






42. How does the Solidarity Service end?






43. Where does Brave New World take place?






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






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






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






47. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






48. What is the motto of the World State?






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






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