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Trivia: Brave New World

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






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






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






4. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?






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






6. How many main castes are there?






7. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






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


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






10. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






11. 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.'






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






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






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






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






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






17. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






18. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?






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


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






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






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






23. 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.'






24. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






25. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






26. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?






27. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






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






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






30. What color do delta babies always wear?






31. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






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


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






34. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






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


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


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






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


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


40. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






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


42. Who is John's father?






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






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






45. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






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


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


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






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






50. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...