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Trivia: Brave New World
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1. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
New Mexico
'Suffer the children'
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
'Suffer the children'
2. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
He conducted scientific experiments
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
John
Soma
3. After his return from the Reservation with the Savage - what event leads to Bernard's fall from social grace?
4. What is the motto of the World State?
Created the assemby line; He is called 'Lord'; Religion has been replaced by technology - especially the efficient - mechanized factory production of goods that HenryFord pioneered.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.
His physique
Encouraged
5. Why does Fanny try to convince Lenina to be more promiscuous?
6. How many main castes are there?
Community. Identity. Stability.
'A gramme is better than a damn'
'Suffer the children'
Five
7. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre
Khaki
Soma
The Falkland Islands
8. What was the first book that John read as a child?
Community. Identity. Stability.
Encouraged
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
New Mexico
9. Where is the Savage Reservation located?
Because she slept with their husbands
Both feel alienated from World State society
New Mexico
Tomakin
10. How many main castes are there?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Five
A society of Alphas is unworkable
He writes a poem about solitude
11. Who said the following: 'Don't you want to be free and men? Don't you even understand what manhood and freedom are?'
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Britian
She is horrified
John
12. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Soma
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The D.H.C.
13. What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boys' tour of the Hatchery?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Tomakin
John
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
14. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
Both feel alienated from World State society
He whips himself
Three Weeks in a Helicopter
The Director
15. Which character shows contempt for the social control devices of the state?
The D.H.C.
He writes a poem about solitude
Four months
Bernard Marx
16. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Four months
The Director
Encouraged
Both feel alienated from World State society
17. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
She is horrified
Because she slept with their husbands
Orgy-Porgy
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
18. Mustapha Mond says that 'You can't have a lasting civilization without . . .'
19. How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
The Director
Five
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Four months
20. What does Soma symbolize?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
Excessive soma intake
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
21. Which brave new world drug does Mustapha Mond describe as 'Christianity without tears'?
Soma
The Falkland Islands
Excessive soma intake
The powerful influence of science and technology on society.Instant gratification to control.
22. Bernard and Helmholtz are banished to...
Both feel alienated from World State society
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
His physique
The Falkland Islands
23. Why does Fanny try to convince Lenina to be more promiscuous?
24. Explain 'HenryFord' and his importance in Brave New World
25. How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
His physique
Bernard Marx
His physique
She is horrified
26. What is the origin of the title Brave New World?
27. The term for birth in the Hatchery is...
Helmholtz Watson
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Decanting
His physique
28. What is the lesson of the Cyprus experiment described by Mustapha Mond?
She is horrified
Community. Identity. Stability.
Decanting
A society of Alphas is unworkable
29. What does 'V.P.S.' stand for?
Violent Passion Surrogate
John
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
Helmholtz Watson
30. What is the origin of the title Brave New World?
31. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
New Mexico
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Excessive soma intake
To bring rain
32. What was the first book that John read as a child?
New Mexico
To bring rain
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
33. Who does not sleep with Lenina?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Machinery and medicine and happiness
The Director
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
34. Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He writes a poem about solitude
With an orgy
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.
The Director
35. Mustapha Mond says that 'You can't have a lasting civilization without . . .'
36. After retreating to the lighthouse - what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
The D.H.C.
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
'plenty of pleasant vices.'
He whips himself
37. What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
His physique
Four months
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
The Bokanovsky Process
38. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Both feel alienated from World State society
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
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.
Machinery and medicine and happiness
39. What hymn is sung at the Solidarity Service that Bernard attends?
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
Violent Passion Surrogate
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books or flowers
Orgy-Porgy
40. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?
Helmholtz Watson
Community. Identity. Stability.
The Bokanovsky Process
His physique
41. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?
Orgy-Porgy
Epsilons
The Bokanovsky Process
Decanting
42. How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
The Chemical and Bacteriological Conditioning of the Embryo
John
43. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Excessive soma intake
The Director
New Mexico
Machinery and medicine and happiness
44. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?
Violent Passion Surrogate
Four months
John refuses to meet Bernard's dinner guests
'Suffer the children'
45. What do people believe to be the cause of Bernard's strange character?
Excessive soma intake
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Bernard Marx
'Suffer the children'
46. What Biblical phrase does Mustapha Mond use when children begin playing around him?
47. What World State sayings has to do with soma?
48. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?
She is horrified
The Director
With an orgy
With an orgy
49. Explain the importance of Shakspeare
It shows human emotion - such as passion - that the World State is trying to eliminate.
Because 'every one belongs to every one else'
He whips himself
He whips himself
50. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
A quote from Shakespeare's The Tempest
Epsilons
Decanting
To bring rain