Trivia: Brave New World

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1. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
New Mexico
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Encouraged


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

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3. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
John
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
To bring rain


4. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Both feel alienated from World State society
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Orgy-Porgy
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


5. 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.'
Soma
The D.H.C.
Helmholtz Watson
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


6. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Because she slept with their husbands
John
Both feel alienated from World State society
Five


7. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The Director
Decanting
Machinery and medicine and happiness


8. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
The Director
The Bokanovsky Process
Bernard Marx
Decanting


9. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
The Bokanovsky Process
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
He whips himself


10. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
'Suffer the children'
To bring rain
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Both feel alienated from World State society


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

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12. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
To bring rain
The D.H.C.
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


13. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Soma
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Epsilons
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


14. How many main castes are there?
Five
Orgy-Porgy
Encouraged
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


15. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Excessive soma intake
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Soma
Epsilons


16. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
He conducted scientific experiments


17. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Because she slept with their husbands
The Director
The Director
She is horrified


18. Who is John's father?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The D.H.C.
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


19. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Soma
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


20. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Soma
Tomakin
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'


21. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
His physique
'Suffer the children'
John


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

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23. What was the first book that John read as a child?
The Director
The Director
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


24. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Encouraged
Bernard Marx
'Suffer the children'


25. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Britian
The D.H.C.
Both feel alienated from World State society


26. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
'Suffer the children'
The Director
Because she slept with their husbands
She is horrified


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

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28. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Five
New Mexico
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


29. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Violent Passion Surrogate
The D.H.C.
He conducted scientific experiments


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

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

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

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33. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
He conducted scientific experiments
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Bokanovsky Process
Epsilons


34. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
'Suffer the children'
Orgy-Porgy
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


35. What color do delta babies always wear?
Khaki
Both feel alienated from World State society
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
The Bokanovsky Process


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

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37. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
Violent Passion Surrogate
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Director
John


38. 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.'
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
'A gramme is better than a damn'
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Helmholtz Watson


39. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
The Director
Five
Epsilons
To bring rain


40. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
He writes a poem about solitude
Bernard Marx
Soma
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


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


42. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
The D.H.C.
The Director
Bernard Marx
He whips himself


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

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44. Who is John's father?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The D.H.C.
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
With an orgy


45. Where does Brave New World take place?
Because she slept with their husbands
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Britian
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


46. What does Soma symbolize?
Because she slept with their husbands
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
The Director
The Director


47. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
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.
He conducted scientific experiments
Bernard Marx


48. How many main castes are there?
Five
Orgy-Porgy
Decanting
Both feel alienated from World State society


49. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Epsilons
Four months
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


50. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Khaki
Encouraged
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre