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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. How many main castes are there?






2. What does Soma symbolize?






3. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?






4. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






5. What is the motto of the World State?






6. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?






7. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...






8. What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?






9. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?






10. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?






11. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?






12. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






13. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






14. 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.'






15. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...






16. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?






17. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?






18. What are the institutions responsible for hatching the human beings of Huxley's world?






19. What is the name of the feely that John watches on his date with Lenina?






20. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'






21. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






22. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?






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


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


25. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?






26. In Brave New World - sexual play between children is...






27. Who does not sleep with Lenina?






28. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?






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


30. How does the Solidarity Service end?






31. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?






32. What does Soma symbolize?






33. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?






34. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?






35. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?






36. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?






37. What was the first book that John read as a child?






38. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






39. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?






40. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?






41. Early in the novel - Fanny Crowne lectures Lenina for her unacceptable social behavior.What is Lenina's fault - as Fanny sees it?






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


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


44. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?






45. What color do delta babies always wear?






46. Where does Brave New World take place?






47. Where does Brave New World take place?






48. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






49. What does Linda call The D.H.C.?






50. Where is the Savage Reservation located?