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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Decanting
A society of Alphas is unworkable
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

2. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
He whips himself
New Mexico
His physique

3. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Epsilons
The D.H.C.
Four months
His physique

4. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
Bernard Marx
The Director
He whips himself
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

5. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Encouraged
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Both feel alienated from World State society
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

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

7. What is the motto of the World State?
Britian
'Suffer the children'
To bring rain
Community. Identity. Stability.

8. What does Soma symbolize?
Excessive soma intake
Both feel alienated from World State society
Decanting
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.

9. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Orgy-Porgy
The Director
His physique
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

10. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Because she slept with their husbands
The Bokanovsky Process

11. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
Because she slept with their husbands
His physique
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

12. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
John
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
A society of Alphas is unworkable

13. What was the first book that John read as a child?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
He whips himself
New Mexico
Khaki

14. Where does Brave New World take place?
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
Community. Identity. Stability.
Britian
Five

15. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
The Director
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

16. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
He writes a poem about solitude

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

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

19. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Because she slept with their husbands
He conducted scientific experiments
The Director
With an orgy

20. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
The Director
Tomakin
Bernard Marx
Violent Passion Surrogate

21. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Tomakin
Decanting
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.

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

23. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
The Bokanovsky Process
To bring rain
Britian
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

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

25. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Both feel alienated from World State society
Bernard Marx
Helmholtz Watson

26. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Epsilons
Soma
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers

27. Who is John's father?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The D.H.C.
Orgy-Porgy
Because she slept with their husbands

28. What does Soma symbolize?
He whips himself
Orgy-Porgy
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Both feel alienated from World State society

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

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

31. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
He writes a poem about solitude
Violent Passion Surrogate

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

33. What color do delta babies always wear?
His physique
Khaki
Four months
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

34. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
John
Encouraged
Orgy-Porgy
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.

35. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
He whips himself
With an orgy
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Bernard Marx

36. How many main castes are there?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Five
Soma

37. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
'Suffer the children'
The Falkland Islands
The Director
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest

38. 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.
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
John
The Bokanovsky Process

39. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He whips himself
He writes a poem about solitude
Tomakin
'plenty of pleasant vices.'

40. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
The Director
He conducted scientific experiments
Both feel alienated from World State society

41. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
He whips himself
Community. Identity. Stability.
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

42. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Encouraged
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Orgy-Porgy
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.

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

44. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
He whips himself
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
She is horrified

45. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
Britian
To bring rain
Violent Passion Surrogate
Because she slept with their husbands

46. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
New Mexico
Khaki

47. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
The Director
Tomakin
'Suffer the children'
Helmholtz Watson

48. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Because she slept with their husbands
Khaki
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest

49. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Community. Identity. Stability.
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

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