Trivia: Brave New World

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1. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
He writes a poem about solitude
Epsilons
John
Four months


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

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3. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
New Mexico
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Encouraged
He conducted scientific experiments


4. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
Because she slept with their husbands
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Encouraged


5. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
New Mexico
Machinery and medicine and happiness
To bring rain


6. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Tomakin
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.


7. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
She is horrified
He writes a poem about solitude
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Helmholtz Watson


8. Who is John's father?
Helmholtz Watson
Orgy-Porgy
The D.H.C.
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers


9. What does Soma symbolize?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Tomakin
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Violent Passion Surrogate


10. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Orgy-Porgy
Epsilons
Violent Passion Surrogate
Tomakin


11. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
He conducted scientific experiments
Tomakin
Decanting
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


12. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
To bring rain
Bernard Marx
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
'Suffer the children'


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

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

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

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16. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
Because she slept with their husbands
Britian
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
He conducted scientific experiments


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

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18. 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.
With an orgy
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
'Suffer the children'


19. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
Encouraged
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Bernard Marx
To bring rain


20. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
New Mexico
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
The Director
Orgy-Porgy


21. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Violent Passion Surrogate
New Mexico
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Four months


22. What does Soma symbolize?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
To bring rain
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation


23. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
John
The Director
He whips himself
'A gramme is better than a damn'


24. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
He whips himself
He writes a poem about solitude
Tomakin


25. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
Orgy-Porgy
John
The Falkland Islands
Community. Identity. Stability.


26. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Community. Identity. Stability.
Four months


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

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28. What color do delta babies always wear?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Khaki
His physique
Both feel alienated from World State society


29. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Encouraged
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Soma


30. What was the first book that John read as a child?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
New Mexico
The D.H.C.


31. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Because she slept with their husbands
His physique
He writes a poem about solitude
He whips himself


32. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
'Suffer the children'
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Bernard Marx
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


33. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Four months
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Violent Passion Surrogate


34. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
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 refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Decanting


35. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Five
Decanting
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'


36. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
With an orgy
Four months
Bernard Marx
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


37. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
New Mexico
Britian
Excessive soma intake


38. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
The Bokanovsky Process
Because she slept with their husbands
New Mexico
Orgy-Porgy


39. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He writes a poem about solitude
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


40. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
New Mexico
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
Both feel alienated from World State society


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

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42. Who is John's father?
Four months
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The D.H.C.


43. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
Helmholtz Watson
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
Five


44. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Helmholtz Watson
The Director
The Bokanovsky Process
He whips himself


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

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46. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
She is horrified


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

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48. How does the Solidarity Service end?
With an orgy
Encouraged
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Epsilons


49. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Khaki
With an orgy
Helmholtz Watson


50. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
'A gramme is better than a damn'
'Suffer the children'
Bernard Marx
New Mexico