Trivia: Brave New World

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1. How many main castes are there?
Soma
New Mexico
Britian
Five


2. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
He conducted scientific experiments
Four months
He writes a poem about solitude


3. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
He conducted scientific experiments
Khaki
She is horrified
New Mexico


4. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
'Suffer the children'
He writes a poem about solitude
Orgy-Porgy
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


5. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
John
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
To bring rain


6. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Orgy-Porgy
Four months
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Helmholtz Watson


7. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Britian
Tomakin


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

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9. How many main castes are there?
Four months
Five
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Tomakin


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

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11. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
Violent Passion Surrogate
Helmholtz Watson


12. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Encouraged
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


13. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
Epsilons
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Britian


14. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The Bokanovsky Process
The Falkland Islands


15. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Both feel alienated from World State society
Machinery and medicine and happiness
'A gramme is better than a damn'
The D.H.C.


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

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17. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Encouraged
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Community. Identity. Stability.


18. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
The Falkland Islands
Bernard Marx
Tomakin
New Mexico


19. What color do delta babies always wear?
He writes a poem about solitude
Khaki
Excessive soma intake
A society of Alphas is unworkable


20. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Machinery and medicine and happiness
He conducted scientific experiments
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


21. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
He conducted scientific experiments
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Khaki


22. What color do delta babies always wear?
With an orgy
Khaki
The Bokanovsky Process
He writes a poem about solitude


23. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Decanting
He whips himself
Tomakin
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


24. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
A society of Alphas is unworkable
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


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


26. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
Community. Identity. Stability.
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
A society of Alphas is unworkable
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.


27. Who is John's father?
The Director
Encouraged
Decanting
The D.H.C.


28. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
His physique
Four months
Five


29. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Five
Excessive soma intake
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Encouraged


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

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31. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Soma
He conducted scientific experiments
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


32. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
John
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Director
New Mexico


33. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
He whips himself
The Director
Both feel alienated from World State society
Bernard Marx


34. Who is John's father?
Excessive soma intake
The Director
The D.H.C.
With an orgy


35. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
The Bokanovsky Process
Helmholtz Watson
Encouraged


36. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Violent Passion Surrogate
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Orgy-Porgy
'Suffer the children'


37. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Machinery and medicine and happiness
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


38. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
Britian
'Suffer the children'
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Director


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

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40. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
He whips himself
Four months
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness


41. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
He whips himself
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


42. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
His physique
Britian
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


43. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
The Director
Five
Because she slept with their husbands
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


44. What is the motto of the World State?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Community. Identity. Stability.
With an orgy
Epsilons


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

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46. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Tomakin
The Bokanovsky Process
His physique
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


47. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
She is horrified
Because she slept with their husbands
Excessive soma intake


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

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49. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
Community. Identity. Stability.
A society of Alphas is unworkable
The Director
Khaki


50. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Decanting
He whips himself
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Encouraged