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Trivia: Brave New World

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

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

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

4. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
His physique
She is horrified
Because she slept with their husbands

5. What color do delta babies always wear?
John
Khaki
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Decanting

6. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
He whips himself
The Falkland Islands
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness

7. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
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Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.

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

9. How does the Solidarity Service end?
With an orgy
Orgy-Porgy
Orgy-Porgy
Khaki

10. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
To bring rain
Because she slept with their husbands

11. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Khaki
John
Tomakin

12. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Epsilons
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
New Mexico
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre

13. How many main castes are there?
The Falkland Islands
Five
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

14. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
John

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

16. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
She is horrified
He writes a poem about solitude
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers

17. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Epsilons
Bernard Marx
His physique

18. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Because she slept with their husbands
Both feel alienated from World State society
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Violent Passion Surrogate

19. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo

20. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
The Falkland Islands
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Four months
Tomakin

21. 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.'
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Helmholtz Watson
Tomakin
Four months

22. What color do delta babies always wear?
Decanting
To bring rain
Khaki
Tomakin

23. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Helmholtz Watson
With an orgy
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Three Weeks in a Helicopter

24. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Both feel alienated from World State society
Encouraged
The Director
Soma

25. What is the motto of the World State?
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.
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
She is horrified
Community. Identity. Stability.

26. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Orgy-Porgy
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo

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

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

29. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
The Director
The D.H.C.
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Excessive soma intake

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

31. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Excessive soma intake
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.
He writes a poem about solitude

32. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
The Bokanovsky Process
Soma
The Director
Britian

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

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

35. Who is John's father?
Tomakin
The D.H.C.
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
His physique

36. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Five
She is horrified
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Excessive soma intake

37. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Because she slept with their husbands
New Mexico
The Falkland Islands
Machinery and medicine and happiness

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

39. What is the motto of the World State?
Violent Passion Surrogate
The D.H.C.
Community. Identity. Stability.
Machinery and medicine and happiness

40. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
To bring rain
He whips himself
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo

41. 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
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The D.H.C.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation

42. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
To bring rain
Epsilons
The Falkland Islands
New Mexico

43. How many main castes are there?
Five
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The Bokanovsky Process
His physique

44. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
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.
To bring rain
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

45. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
The Director
Four months
Britian
The Falkland Islands

46. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Community. Identity. Stability.
He conducted scientific experiments
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The Falkland Islands

47. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Both feel alienated from World State society
Violent Passion Surrogate
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Director

48. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Encouraged
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
His physique
His participation in a soma-driven orgy

49. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
With an orgy
Britian
The Falkland Islands

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