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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






2. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...






3. Who is John's father?






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


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






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






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






8. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






9. What is the motto of the World State?






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






11. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






12. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?






13. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?






14. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






15. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?






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


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






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






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


20. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?






21. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






23. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?






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


25. Who is John's father?






26. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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






28. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






29. 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.'






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






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






32. What color do delta babies always wear?






33. 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.'






34. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?






35. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






36. How does the Solidarity Service end?






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


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


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


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






41. What does Soma symbolize?






42. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?






43. How many main castes are there?






44. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?






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






46. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






47. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?






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






49. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






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