Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What is the motto of the World State?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Four months
The Director
Both feel alienated from World State society


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

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3. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
The Falkland Islands
The Director
Excessive soma intake
Soma


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

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5. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Epsilons
Decanting
Community. Identity. Stability.
Violent Passion Surrogate


6. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Tomakin
Orgy-Porgy
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
He conducted scientific experiments


7. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The Director
He whips himself
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


8. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Bernard Marx
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
'A gramme is better than a damn'


9. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
Four months
A society of Alphas is unworkable
John
Encouraged


10. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Khaki
Because she slept with their husbands
Helmholtz Watson


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

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12. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
To bring rain
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Decanting


13. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Decanting
Tomakin
A society of Alphas is unworkable


14. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Both feel alienated from World State society
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


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

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16. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Community. Identity. Stability.
Tomakin


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

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18. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
He whips himself
The Bokanovsky Process
Britian
New Mexico


19. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Excessive soma intake
He conducted scientific experiments
She is horrified
Bernard Marx


20. What does Soma symbolize?
New Mexico
John
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Machinery and medicine and happiness


21. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
To bring rain
Epsilons
The Falkland Islands
Community. Identity. Stability.


22. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
His physique
He writes a poem about solitude
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Machinery and medicine and happiness


23. Where does Brave New World take place?
His physique
Britian
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
New Mexico


24. What color do delta babies always wear?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Machinery and medicine and happiness
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Khaki


25. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
'Suffer the children'
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Tomakin
A society of Alphas is unworkable


26. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
Four months
To bring rain
Both feel alienated from World State society
Decanting


27. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
Decanting
Excessive soma intake
The Director
His physique


28. Who is John's father?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
New Mexico
The D.H.C.
Both feel alienated from World State society


29. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
The D.H.C.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Excessive soma intake


30. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
His physique
Because she slept with their husbands
Violent Passion Surrogate
Machinery and medicine and happiness


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

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32. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
She is horrified
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
The Director


33. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Violent Passion Surrogate
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Both feel alienated from World State society


34. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
She is horrified
Epsilons
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


35. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
He whips himself
Orgy-Porgy
John
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


36. Where does Brave New World take place?
Britian
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


37. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Decanting
New Mexico
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Helmholtz Watson


38. What does Soma symbolize?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


39. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
'Suffer the children'
He writes a poem about solitude
Both feel alienated from World State society
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


40. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
The Falkland Islands
She is horrified
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Community. Identity. Stability.


41. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
He whips himself
Four months
He conducted scientific experiments


42. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
The Director
Decanting
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
With an orgy


43. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Director
Excessive soma intake
New Mexico


44. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
With an orgy
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Five


45. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
His physique
The Bokanovsky Process
Because she slept with their husbands
He conducted scientific experiments


46. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Helmholtz Watson
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


47. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Four months
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Encouraged
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


48. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Decanting
He whips himself
Bernard Marx
The Director


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

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50. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Both feel alienated from World State society
Epsilons
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Three Weeks in a Helicopter