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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Orgy-Porgy
The Bokanovsky Process
Community. Identity. Stability.
Soma

2. What does Soma symbolize?
Soma
The Director
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
He conducted scientific experiments

3. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified
Helmholtz Watson
Tomakin
'A gramme is better than a damn'

4. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Orgy-Porgy
Violent Passion Surrogate
Five

5. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
He writes a poem about solitude
With an orgy
His physique

6. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Both feel alienated from World State society
Tomakin
A society of Alphas is unworkable
He conducted scientific experiments

7. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
The Bokanovsky Process
A society of Alphas is unworkable
'A gramme is better than a damn'
The D.H.C.

8. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
Britian
She is horrified
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
With an orgy

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

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

11. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
'Suffer the children'
Orgy-Porgy
Bernard Marx
Khaki

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

13. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Violent Passion Surrogate
Orgy-Porgy
A society of Alphas is unworkable

14. What color do delta babies always wear?
Khaki
Decanting
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Four months

15. Who is John's father?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
New Mexico
Tomakin
The D.H.C.

16. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
The Bokanovsky Process
Tomakin
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Excessive soma intake

17. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
'Suffer the children'
He conducted scientific experiments
John
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

18. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
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.
The Director
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.

19. 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.'
Helmholtz Watson
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
New Mexico
Because she slept with their husbands

20. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Four months
Encouraged
New Mexico
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.

21. What is the motto of the World State?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Community. Identity. Stability.
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

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

23. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Encouraged
Excessive soma intake
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.

24. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Because she slept with their husbands
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
The Director
Tomakin

25. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
She is horrified
Epsilons
He writes a poem about solitude
The Bokanovsky Process

26. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
He conducted scientific experiments
Khaki

27. 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 sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

28. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Excessive soma intake
Tomakin
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

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

30. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
The Falkland Islands
Excessive soma intake

31. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
The Falkland Islands
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Khaki
Orgy-Porgy

32. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
The Director
The Bokanovsky Process
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Director

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

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

35. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Both feel alienated from World State society
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Helmholtz Watson
Encouraged

36. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
The Falkland Islands
Five
Orgy-Porgy
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.

37. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Encouraged
Bernard Marx
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

38. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
New Mexico
His physique
He whips himself
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

39. What is the motto of the World State?
He conducted scientific experiments
Community. Identity. Stability.
'Suffer the children'
He writes a poem about solitude

40. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Because she slept with their husbands
Excessive soma intake
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
He conducted scientific experiments

41. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Decanting
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.
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
He whips himself

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

43. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
New Mexico
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Five

44. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Excessive soma intake
Epsilons
His physique

45. Where does Brave New World take place?
Britian
Soma
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.
The Falkland Islands

46. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
The Director
Violent Passion Surrogate
With an orgy
Tomakin

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

48. What was the first book that John read as a child?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
A society of Alphas is unworkable
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Britian

49. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
He whips himself
John
The Bokanovsky Process
John

50. How does the Solidarity Service end?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Five
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
With an orgy