Trivia: Brave New World

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1. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
New Mexico
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
He whips himself


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

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3. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Five
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
Bernard Marx


4. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Orgy-Porgy
She is horrified
Violent Passion Surrogate
His physique


5. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Encouraged
'A gramme is better than a damn'
His physique
A society of Alphas is unworkable


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

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7. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
New Mexico
Decanting
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Community. Identity. Stability.


8. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
Community. Identity. Stability.
With an orgy
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


9. Who is John's father?
Tomakin
His physique
The D.H.C.
Community. Identity. Stability.


10. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
New Mexico
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Orgy-Porgy
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


11. What does Soma symbolize?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


12. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
With an orgy
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests


13. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
The Director
His physique
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


14. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
Five
A society of Alphas is unworkable
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Khaki


15. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Because she slept with their husbands
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Soma


16. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
His physique


17. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
The Falkland Islands
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Excessive soma intake


18. How many main castes are there?
Encouraged
Five
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
The Director


19. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
With an orgy
He writes a poem about solitude
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.
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


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


21. Where does Brave New World take place?
Epsilons
Both feel alienated from World State society
Five
Britian


22. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Orgy-Porgy
Khaki
Orgy-Porgy
Excessive soma intake


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

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24. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
'Suffer the children'
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Soma


25. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
John
With an orgy
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Bernard Marx


26. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
He whips himself
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.
She is horrified


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

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28. 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.'
He writes a poem about solitude
Helmholtz Watson
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
New Mexico


29. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Britian
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Five
Bernard Marx


30. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
The Director
Four months
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Violent Passion Surrogate


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

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32. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
She is horrified
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Because she slept with their husbands
He conducted scientific experiments


33. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Orgy-Porgy
New Mexico
The D.H.C.


34. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Four months


35. What is the motto of the World State?
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Bokanovsky Process
Tomakin
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


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

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

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38. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Helmholtz Watson
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
To bring rain


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

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40. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
With an orgy
'Suffer the children'
The Bokanovsky Process


41. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
His physique
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Director
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.


42. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
The Director
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
The Falkland Islands
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


43. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Epsilons
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Tomakin


44. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Director
Five
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo


45. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Decanting
The Director
Community. Identity. Stability.
New Mexico


46. What color do delta babies always wear?
To bring rain
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Khaki
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


47. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Violent Passion Surrogate
Bernard Marx
She is horrified


48. What was the first book that John read as a child?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
John
He conducted scientific experiments
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo


49. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Excessive soma intake
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Orgy-Porgy


50. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Epsilons
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Director