Trivia: Brave New World

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

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2. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
His physique
He conducted scientific experiments
Violent Passion Surrogate


3. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Violent Passion Surrogate


4. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Bernard Marx
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Because she slept with their husbands
Soma


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

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6. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Four months
His physique
To bring rain


7. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
The D.H.C.
Britian
Five
Orgy-Porgy


8. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
A society of Alphas is unworkable
Because she slept with their husbands
Tomakin
'Suffer the children'


9. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
The Bokanovsky Process
Britian
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
The Director


10. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
To bring rain
Soma
With an orgy
He conducted scientific experiments


11. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
To bring rain
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo


12. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Violent Passion Surrogate
The Director
'Suffer the children'
Decanting


13. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Encouraged
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre


14. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
John
New Mexico
Four months


15. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
Tomakin
Both feel alienated from World State society
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
He conducted scientific experiments


16. What does Soma symbolize?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Violent Passion Surrogate


17. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...
Encouraged
John
He whips himself
He conducted scientific experiments


18. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?
Tomakin
He conducted scientific experiments
Four months
Machinery and medicine and happiness


19. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Epsilons
Five
The Director
He whips himself


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

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21. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
Britian
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Helmholtz Watson
His physique


22. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
She is horrified
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Soma
His physique


23. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
The Falkland Islands
Soma
Helmholtz Watson


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

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

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26. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
Four months
A society of Alphas is unworkable
He writes a poem about solitude
'A gramme is better than a damn'


27. How does the Solidarity Service end?
Britian
The Director
Soma
With an orgy


28. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
John
With an orgy
Orgy-Porgy


29. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?
Helmholtz Watson
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
Violent Passion Surrogate


30. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
His participation in a soma-driven orgy


31. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
The Falkland Islands
'A gramme is better than a damn'
Both feel alienated from World State society
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest


32. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


33. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
To bring rain
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
His physique
Helmholtz Watson


34. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?
John
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
Lenina is not promiscuous enough.


35. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
John
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Khaki
Five


36. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
Khaki
She is horrified
The Bokanovsky Process
New Mexico


37. What is the motto of the World State?
'Suffer the children'
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.
Community. Identity. Stability.


38. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Orgy-Porgy
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
His physique


39. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Epsilons
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
The Director
Machinery and medicine and happiness


40. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Excessive soma intake
He whips himself
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Bokanovsky Process


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

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42. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
Epsilons
She is horrified
Community. Identity. Stability.
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness


43. What color do delta babies always wear?
To bring rain
Khaki
Excessive soma intake
Machinery and medicine and happiness


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

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45. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
He whips himself
Both feel alienated from World State society
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.


46. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
The Director
Five


47. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
His physique
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Bernard Marx


48. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He writes a poem about solitude
He whips himself
Khaki
Orgy-Porgy


49. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
New Mexico
He writes a poem about solitude
Community. Identity. Stability.
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness


50. 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.'
The Director
He writes a poem about solitude
Helmholtz Watson
Five