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Trivia: Brave New World

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

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






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






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






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

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6. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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






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






9. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?






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






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






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






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






14. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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






16. What does Soma symbolize?






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






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






19. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






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

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21. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






22. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






23. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






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

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

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






27. How does the Solidarity Service end?






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






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






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






31. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






32. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?






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






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






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






36. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?






37. What is the motto of the World State?






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






39. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






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






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

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






43. What color do delta babies always wear?






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

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45. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






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






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






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






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






50. 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.'