Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
The Director
Community. Identity. Stability.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


2. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
She is horrified
'A gramme is better than a damn'
John
The Director


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

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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.'
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
The Director
Helmholtz Watson
Bernard Marx


5. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
His physique
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Soma
He whips himself


6. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
The Director
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Violent Passion Surrogate
He conducted scientific experiments


7. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
To bring rain
'Suffer the children'
Orgy-Porgy
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


8. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
She is horrified
Britian
The Falkland Islands
John


9. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Khaki
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


10. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Community. Identity. Stability.


11. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
Because she slept with their husbands
The Falkland Islands
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.


12. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Because she slept with their husbands
Violent Passion Surrogate
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
His physique


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

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14. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
New Mexico
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Epsilons


15. Who is John's father?
Britian
The D.H.C.
John
He writes a poem about solitude


16. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
The Director
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


17. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
He conducted scientific experiments
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
His physique
The Bokanovsky Process


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.'
Violent Passion Surrogate
Helmholtz Watson
She is horrified
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


19. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
He whips himself
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
She is horrified


20. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
The Bokanovsky Process


21. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
With an orgy
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Because she slept with their husbands


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

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23. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Bernard Marx
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Both feel alienated from World State society
He whips himself


24. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Four months
The Bokanovsky Process
Machinery and medicine and happiness


25. What does Soma symbolize?
Soma
The D.H.C.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


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

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27. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Britian
Soma
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
'A gramme is better than a damn'


28. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
He conducted scientific experiments
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Machinery and medicine and happiness


29. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
She is horrified
He conducted scientific experiments
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.


30. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
Orgy-Porgy
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


31. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Bernard Marx
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


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

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33. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
He conducted scientific experiments
A society of Alphas is unworkable
'Suffer the children'
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


34. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Orgy-Porgy
Excessive soma intake
Khaki


35. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Machinery and medicine and happiness
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Five
Encouraged


36. What color do delta babies always wear?
Four months
He writes a poem about solitude
The Bokanovsky Process
Khaki


37. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
His physique
Epsilons
Both feel alienated from World State society


38. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Decanting
Orgy-Porgy
The D.H.C.
He conducted scientific experiments


39. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
She is horrified
He whips himself
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo


40. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
Bernard Marx
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Community. Identity. Stability.


41. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Orgy-Porgy
The Bokanovsky Process
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


42. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
New Mexico
The Director
Epsilons
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


43. What is the motto of the World State?
The Director
Community. Identity. Stability.
New Mexico
Orgy-Porgy


44. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
John
Epsilons
The Director
Both feel alienated from World State society


45. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Bernard Marx
He writes a poem about solitude
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


46. How many main castes are there?
He whips himself
Epsilons
John
Five


47. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
The Director
The Bokanovsky Process
Epsilons
The D.H.C.


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

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49. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
To bring rain
Khaki
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Bernard Marx


50. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
'Suffer the children'
John
His physique
New Mexico