Trivia: Brave New World

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1. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Khaki
He whips himself
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


2. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
New Mexico
The Bokanovsky Process
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
A society of Alphas is unworkable


3. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Bernard Marx
The Falkland Islands
'A gramme is better than a damn'
New Mexico


4. 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.'
Britian
Helmholtz Watson
Bernard Marx
Decanting


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

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6. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
New Mexico
His physique
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo


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

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8. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Both feel alienated from World State society
Violent Passion Surrogate


9. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Tomakin
Helmholtz Watson
Encouraged
Epsilons


10. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
New Mexico
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Four months
She is horrified


11. Where does Brave New World take place?
Four months
Both feel alienated from World State society
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Britian


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


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

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14. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
John
Soma
A society of Alphas is unworkable
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


15. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Soma
The Falkland Islands
He conducted scientific experiments
New Mexico


16. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Bernard Marx


17. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Bernard Marx
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo


18. What color do delta babies always wear?
Both feel alienated from World State society
Khaki
Five
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


19. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Community. Identity. Stability.
He whips himself
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Violent Passion Surrogate


20. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
The Director
Soma
Orgy-Porgy


21. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Encouraged
To bring rain
The D.H.C.


22. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Encouraged
Community. Identity. Stability.
Because she slept with their husbands


23. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
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.
Tomakin
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Helmholtz Watson


24. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Five
Because she slept with their husbands
'Suffer the children'


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

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26. How many main castes are there?
Tomakin
Five
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Director


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

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28. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
Britian
The Director
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Epsilons


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

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

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31. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Encouraged
Orgy-Porgy
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
The Falkland Islands


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

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33. What does Soma symbolize?
With an orgy
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'


34. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
He writes a poem about solitude
The Director
The Director


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

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36. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Director


37. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Encouraged
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Director


38. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He writes a poem about solitude
Bernard Marx
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Soma


39. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
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.
John
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


40. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Orgy-Porgy
Epsilons
He whips himself
New Mexico


41. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
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 gramme is better than a damn'
Bernard Marx
The Director


42. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Orgy-Porgy


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

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44. What color do delta babies always wear?
'Suffer the children'
New Mexico
Khaki
With an orgy


45. Who is John's father?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Epsilons
'Suffer the children'
The D.H.C.


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

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47. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Violent Passion Surrogate
New Mexico
The Falkland Islands
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


48. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
He whips himself
Both feel alienated from World State society
He writes a poem about solitude


49. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Four months
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
'A gramme is better than a damn'
John


50. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
To bring rain
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
The Director
Decanting