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Trivia: Brave New World

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1. What motivates John's suicide at the end of the novel?






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






3. Which caste of humans is considered the lowest?






4. What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?






5. What color do delta babies always wear?






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






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






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






9. What is Bernard Marx's main shortcoming?






10. Where does Brave New World take place?






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






12. Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?






13. How many main castes are there?






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






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






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






17. How many main castes are there?






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






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






20. Who is John's father?






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






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






23. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






24. Who escorts the students through the hatchery?






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

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






27. Who is John's father?






28. What is the motto of the World State?






29. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?






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.'






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

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

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33. Where is the Savage Reservation located?






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

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






36. Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...






37. 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.'






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






39. How long does Lenina date Henry Foster?






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. What does Soma symbolize?






47. How does the Solidarity Service end?






48. Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?






49. Explain the importance of Shakspeare






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