Trivia: Brave New World

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1. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Because she slept with their husbands
Tomakin
Community. Identity. Stability.


2. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Bernard Marx
Decanting
Excessive soma intake
He whips himself


3. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Soma
New Mexico
Decanting


4. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Excessive soma intake
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Both feel alienated from World State society
Because she slept with their husbands


5. What does Soma symbolize?
John
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


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

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7. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Violent Passion Surrogate
'Suffer the children'


8. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
The Director
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Five
His physique


9. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
With an orgy
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Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


10. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
He conducted scientific experiments
To bring rain
Because she slept with their husbands
'A gramme is better than a damn'


11. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
His physique
Orgy-Porgy
Both feel alienated from World State society
To bring rain


12. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Tomakin
'Suffer the children'
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Violent Passion Surrogate


13. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Because she slept with their husbands
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Four months


14. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
He conducted scientific experiments
The Bokanovsky Process
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness


15. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Director
His physique
Helmholtz Watson


16. What was the first book that John read as a child?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Helmholtz Watson
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo


17. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
Violent Passion Surrogate
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
The Director
Epsilons


18. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
New Mexico
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


19. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Tomakin
The Director
The D.H.C.
She is horrified


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

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

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

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23. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Khaki
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Orgy-Porgy


24. Where does Brave New World take place?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Britian
Four months
New Mexico


25. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Khaki
To bring rain
John
Violent Passion Surrogate


26. What does Soma symbolize?
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
Encouraged
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


27. What is the motto of the World State?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Helmholtz Watson
Community. Identity. Stability.
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


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

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29. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
His physique
Epsilons
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


30. 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.'
Community. Identity. Stability.
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Helmholtz Watson
Soma


31. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
He whips himself
Violent Passion Surrogate
Tomakin


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

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33. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
Khaki
Community. Identity. Stability.
John
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness


34. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
The Bokanovsky Process
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.


35. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Community. Identity. Stability.
'A gramme is better than a damn'
The Falkland Islands
Epsilons


36. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Khaki
Excessive soma intake


37. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
The Bokanovsky Process
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
'A gramme is better than a damn'


38. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Violent Passion Surrogate
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Soma
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


39. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
Orgy-Porgy
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
The Director
The Falkland Islands


40. What is the motto of the World State?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Community. Identity. Stability.
Excessive soma intake


41. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
She is horrified
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


42. 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.
Tomakin
He conducted scientific experiments
Three Weeks in a Helicopter


43. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
Decanting
Five
She is horrified
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness


44. Who is John's father?
The D.H.C.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
He writes a poem about solitude
A society of Alphas is unworkable


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

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46. Who is John's father?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
The D.H.C.


47. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
His physique
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
'plenty of pleasant vices.'


48. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
The D.H.C.
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
To bring rain


49. 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.'
John
Encouraged
John
Helmholtz Watson


50. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Both feel alienated from World State society
Helmholtz Watson
With an orgy
Epsilons