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A series of questions for review of the novel Brave New World
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1
What happens when John meets his father?
He doesn't, he is dead
He punches him
His father runs off embarrassed
They go out looking for women
2
Bernard complains to Lenina that people are encouraged to act like
Machines/Robots
Dogs
Sheep
Children/Infants
3
Who lost a girlfriend on a trip to the savage reservation
The Director of Hatcheries
Shield Director Nick Fury
The World Controller
The Scientist in Cheif
4
What would Helmholtz like to do with his life?
write better hypnopaedic tapes so the world is perfect
write something intense, violent, and emotional
have more women than others in his class
Help Bernard gain self-confidence
5
What unorthodox behavior does Lenina exhibit?
he wants revenge on Fanny
she prefers to spend time alone
she has feelings for John
he likes being outside
6
The drug they take in the world state is...
Ecstacy
Dorma
Tralfaz
Soma
7
Cloning through the Bokanovsky process facilitates
individuality
identity
stability
community
8
Where does the novel’s title come from?
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
The Bible
The Tempest
9
What is the Brave New World's replacement for art?
Broadway Plays
Feelies and the Scent Organ
Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj
Centrifugal Bumblepuppy
10
What did John do to get arrested ?
He crashes a helicopter
Kills his mother
Beats Lenina and calls her a whore
Starts a soma riot
11
Lenina and Bernard agree to go on a trip to a Savage Reservation in
South Africa
Cyprus
Australia
New Mexico
12
Like most World State people, Lenina prefers oblivion through a soma high, rather than what?
loss, sadness, pain
all of life's experineces
old age
alcohol
13
How many castes are there?
3
1
5
14
What is the World State’s Motto?
Knowledge, Truth, Honour
Community,Identity, Stability
Everyone belongs to everyone
Adopt, Adapt, and Improve
15
The closest thing the World State has to church is
Solidarity Service
Purity Training
Fordism Camp
VHS treatment
16
All children in the World State come from
Birthing centers
Hatchery and conditioning centers
Cloning Centers
Biological Factories
17
Instead of movies in the World State they have...
Nothing
Touchies
Feelies
Interactive Plays
18
After conducting forbiden experiments, this person was offered a World Controller job
Kurt Wagner
Bernard Marx
Mutapha Mond
Helmholtz Watson
19
What things horrify and disgust Lenina about the people who live on the reservation?
They age; they are old
They don't use soma
People have babies, naturally, together
The women breastfeed their babies
20
Which does
Not
happen during the ritual that Lenina and Bernard witness?
Picture of an eagle is raised
Goat is slaughtered
Snakes are handled
Goat is slaughtered
21
The World Controller for Europe is
Henry Foster
Mustapha Mond
Bernard Marx
Benito Hoover
22
Sports are complicated in the world state...
To sell more equipment
To train them for difficult jobs
To increase endurance
Get more tv ratings
23
Why was Linda attacked by the other women on the Reservation?
They were jealous of her beauty
She slept with thier husbands
Because she did not speak their language
She mocked their gods
24
What does Mutapha Mond say will "make for an interesting experiment ?"
Attacking the savage reservation
Bringing John and Linda to London
Letting bernard speak out against society
Replacing Deltas with Alpha workers
25
What does Fanny want Lenina to do?
Date fewer men
Change jobs
Get married
Date more men
26
What island(s) is Helmholtz sent to?
Falkland Islands
Bahamas
Iceland
Cyprus
27
After his arrest Helmholtz chooses...
To be exiled
To be executed
To become a World Controller
To fight for his freedom
28
What resulted from the Cyprus experiment (all Alpha society)?
booming economy
civil war
complete order and obedience
real, loving relationships
29
At the end of Chapter 8, why is John not allowed to go through the coming-of-age test?
He is not a native Indian; he is white
His mother, Linda, is a "she-dog"
He is married to Kiakime and already considered a man
He cannot speak the native language/tongue
30
In Chapter 11, the Upper School at Eton accepts twin students.
true
false
31
Bernard's only friend is
Henry Foster
Benito Hoover
His dog Pavlov
Helmholtz Watson
32
All lower caste children in the Nursery are conditioned to dislike
Fighting and violence
Movies and books
Books and flowers
Sports and Sex
33
Instilling a hatred for books and flowers in babies most closely resembles the work of
Ivan Pavlov
BF Skinner
Albert Einstein
Aldus Huxley
34
How do Fanny's thoughts on Bernard change after the party?
she is afraid of him
she wants to sleep with him
she admires him
they don't
35
When John doesn't understand something he compares it to
Shakespeare plays
Hitchcock movies
Bible passages
Linda's songs from the Other Place
36
In which part of the London Hatchery did Linda used to work while she was in the World State?
Fertilizing Room
Hypnopaedia Dormitories
Helicopter Factory
Decanting Room
37
The Bokanovsky Process is...
The process for making batches of identical twins
The process of arresting development of babies
The Process of making all female babies
The process of making all epsilons
38
What is blamed for causing so much instability in the "old society?"
emotions
drugs
racism
power
39
Chapter 2 illustrates the World State's abuse of biological science by
pre-programming individuals to behave exactly the same
using psychological technologies to control future behavior
managing reproduction to maximize efficiency & profit
all of the above
40
Bernard constantly displays a desire which the people of the World State aren't supposed to
sexual desire
love
revenge
happiness
41
As death conditioning, what do children of the World State receive when they see someone die?
A vacation
soma
chocolate ice cream
toys
42
Bernard Marx is often mocked for
a birthmark
his intelligence
his height
a speech impediment
43
This is...
A yelling sloth
A Alpha Double Plus
A Delta Minus
The best thing
44
What does John do when he sees Lenina's suitcase through the window?
He leaves and plans to return later
He sits and waits for her to wake up
He uses a rock to break the window
He knocks louder to awaken her
45
While Lenina is passed out on Soma at the reservation...
John recites Romeo and Juliet
Bernard takes advantage of her
She dreams of John
John kisses her
46
The optimum population is modeled on the iceberg with ____ below the water line and ___ above.
2/3 , 1/3
8/9 , 1/9
1/2 , 1/2
3/4 , 1/4
47
What was John reading during Bernard's party?
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
The Tempest
48
What 20
th
century figure has replaced Jesus in this world?
John Lennon
James Douglas Morrison
Henry Ford
Karl Marx
49
What is the conversation with the director and Bernard in chapter 6 foreshadowing?
the "friend" the DHC took to New Mexico with will be found
Bernard will be trapped at the reservation
DHC is jealous of Bernard and will sabotage him
the DHC committed a murder while vacationing many years ago
50
How is John different from the other savages?
He is white with blonde hair
He is Asian
He has one leg
He is short
51
John the Savage wanted to join in the ceremony at Malpais that involved
Blood-Letting
Snake Eating
Sex
Whipping
52
What does John do first when Lenina visits him?
falls on his knees
quotes Shakespeare
seduces her
tells her to leave
53
What happens to Linda after she moves to London?
She begs to return to the Reservation
She takes large does of Soma
She moves in with the Director
She gets surgery to restore heryouth
54
Why does Bernard become famous?
For his being the guardian of John
Setting a world record for the number of girls he has "had"
For speaking out against the World State
His skills at obstacle golf
55
What is the Solidarity Service?
A new opportunity to go a mission trip
A dating service for singles
A type of church service
A place to hang out with friends.
