Who do you suppose Miranda is and why does John quote her?

A Shakespearen character; he's excited about the new world

Which one of these is not a good memory John has of growing up with Linda?

When he was a part of the coming of age ceremony

What does Bernard have planned for John?

Use him as a pawn back in London

Which of these is not a bad memory of John's growing up with Linda?

When Linda told him stories about her "Other World"

What do John and Bernard have in common?

They are both lonely because they are different.

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Brave New World Chapters 7-8

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1
What is the only book Linda has to teach John how to read?
her work manual
a book of nursery rhymes
a book of hypnopaedic sayings
a book of Shakespeare
2
Describing the setting of the Savage Reservation in Ch. 7, Huxley compares the mesa to a ship.
This is a simile.
This is a metaphor.
This is irony.
This is personification.
3
Bernard and Lenina meet a young man with blond hair and blue eyes whose name is
Palowhitiwa
William
Thomas
John
4
Linda smells like
a cheap perfume
alcohol
all the other women at the reservation
food cooking
5
When John says his father's name was Tomakin, Bernard begins to make a connection to
the World Controller
the Solidarity Service
his friend Helmholtz
the D.H.C.
6
Who do you suppose Miranda is and why does John quote her?
A famous author; he likes to read her books
A movie star; he's infatuated with her.
A Shakespearen character; he's excited about the new world
His love interest; he admires her.
7
Which one of these is not a good memory John has of growing up with Linda?
When he was a part of the coming of age ceremony
Her singing to him
When she taught him to read
Mitsima teaching him to work with clay
8
John's strange way of speaking should remind readers of
Shakespearean language
the Other World language
Biblical language
Native American language
9
What is the purpose of the snake ceremony?
For fertility and good crops
To determine the endurance of the young man being whipped
For experimenting with snake venom
For entertainment purposes
10
Which of these does NOT disgust Lenina?
the women nursing their babies
the smell of the people
the old man
the drums
11
Linda's greatest shame was
sleeping a lot of men.
sleeping with Pope'.
drinking with Pope'.
giving birth to John.
12
What has Linda substituted for soma?
Prozac
LSD
religion
mescal
13
The drums in the ceremony remind Lenina of
the rhythm of the machinery in the Decanting Room
Solidarity Services
the hypnopaedic sayings.
Her date with Henry at the night club
14
What does Bernard have planned for John?
Use him as a pawn back in London
Set him up with Lenina
Take him with him as a science experiment
Take him to London to look at the queen
15
The ropes the men are carrying are actually
ropes for acrobatics.
ropes for hanging someone.
snakes for dancing.
snakes for dinner.
16
Which of these is not a bad memory of John's growing up with Linda?
When he tried to stab Pope'
When the boys made fun of Linda
When Linda told him stories about her "Other World"
When the women beat Linda
17
What do John and Bernard have in common?
They are both lonely because they are different.
They would both like to live on an island.
They both like to read Shakespeare.
They are both adventurous.
18
The first thing Lenina dislikes about the trip to Malpais is
waiting for her soma.
seeing the snakes.
walking to it.
hearing the drums.
19
Who is Linda?
a woman Bernard remembers from the past
John's mother
a companion of John's
Lenina's friend back in the Other World
20
What causes Lenina to face the horrors of Malpais unaided?
Bernard leaves her alone for a time.
Their guide leaves them.
She has forgotten her soma.
The dancers take her out to the circle.
21
What does Pope' bring John?
a knife
a girlfriend
a Bible
a book of Shakespeare

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