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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was often the only thing John was left with to eat?

2. Which of the following did Lenina propose that she and Bernard complete on their first date?

3. What does Lenina wish she had while on the reservation?

4. Which of the following groups of people are not divided into about seventy-two identical embryos?

5. What does the man in the coyote mask do to the young boy of about eighteen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry remark as he and Lenina overlook the crematorium?

2. What does Helmholtz tell Bernard the DHC made public while he was away?

3. How does Lenina feel when Bernard flushes when she brings up their New Mexico plans?

4. What did the conscription of consumption compell?

5. Why is Bernard mocked by his peers?

6. What does the Director say the babies will develop as related to flowers and books?

7. Why do you believe the Embryo store is found in the basement?

8. What has replaced the pursuit of knowledge by the end of chapter five?

9. What is the definition of hypnopaedia?

10. What questions are difficult for Linda to answer when John has asked them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe in detail how this novel is an example of a dystopia. Use specific examples from the novel to support your description.

Essay Topic 2

Describe how emotions of the characters are a critical component of the development of the story and scenes within the novel. Be sure to include specific examples from the text to support your description.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the development of characters throughout this novel. Think of questions such as: Are the characters well developed? Do the characters become more developed as the novel progresses?

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