Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Orgy-Porgy
The Bokanovsky Process
John
Soma


2. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
Community. Identity. Stability.
She is horrified
The D.H.C.
John


3. How many main castes are there?
The Director
Five
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.


4. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
John
The Director


5. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
He whips himself
She is horrified
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
The D.H.C.


6. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
A society of Alphas is unworkable


7. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
John
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Tomakin


8. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.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
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


9. Who is John's father?
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.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 D.H.C.
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
He whips himself


10. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Decanting
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Because she slept with their husbands


11. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Khaki
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Decanting


12. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
New Mexico
A society of Alphas is unworkable
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


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

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14. What is the motto of the World State?
New Mexico
John
Community. Identity. Stability.
Epsilons


15. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Soma
Epsilons


16. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Soma
Encouraged
Community. Identity. Stability.
John


17. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
With an orgy
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Director
His physique


18. 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.'
With an orgy
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Helmholtz Watson
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


19. What does Soma symbolize?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
The Director
Both feel alienated from World State society
To bring rain


20. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
New Mexico
The D.H.C.
To bring rain


21. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
New Mexico


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

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23. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
The Bokanovsky Process
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


24. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Helmholtz Watson
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.
Epsilons


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. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Orgy-Porgy
The Director
Bernard Marx
He conducted scientific experiments


27. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
To bring rain
'Suffer the children'
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
He writes a poem about solitude


28. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Orgy-Porgy
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
He conducted scientific experiments


29. How does the Solidarity Service end?
'Suffer the children'
Soma
With an orgy
John


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

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31. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Four months
'A gramme is better than a damn'
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.


32. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Violent Passion Surrogate
John
Orgy-Porgy


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

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34. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Decanting
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


35. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
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
His physique
With an orgy


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

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37. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
The Director
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
She is horrified
His physique


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

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39. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Four months
He conducted scientific experiments
John


40. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
He conducted scientific experiments
'A gramme is better than a damn'
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


41. What color do delta babies always wear?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
His physique
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.
Khaki


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

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43. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
The Falkland Islands
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


44. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Four months
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Decanting
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


45. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
'Suffer the children'
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Orgy-Porgy
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


46. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
He writes a poem about solitude
Helmholtz Watson
Epsilons
Encouraged


47. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Because she slept with their husbands
Violent Passion Surrogate
Excessive soma intake
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


48. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The Director
Bernard Marx
He conducted scientific experiments


49. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Both feel alienated from World State society
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The Director
Five


50. Where does Brave New World take place?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Khaki
Britian