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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 does John's mother call the people she has been living with?

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

3. What did the first reformers offer to deliver them from?

4. How many years after it was discovered was hypnopaedia officially used?

5. What happened to the girl that John loved?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Linda which caused her great distress?

2. What does Helmholtz wonder as they sit on Bernard's couch in his apartment?

3. Describe what is meant by the Suggestions from the State.

4. Why is Bernard mocked by his peers?

5. What does Lenina say was a bunch of dangerous nonsense?

6. What is the aim of mass production as described in Chapter 1?

7. What chant is said over and over as the group at the Solidarity Service dances in a circle slapping each other's bottoms?

8. Describe the game of Centrifugal Bumble-puppy.

9. Why do you think Lenina takes so many tablets of soma when she returns to the rest house?

10. Why do you think John is awed by the smell of perfume and the sound of zippers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a comparison essay comparing the characters of John and Bernard throughout the novel. Be sure to draw comparisons from all aspects of the novel as the characters change and develop throughout the story.

Essay Topic 2

Respond in writing using information from the text and your own personal experiences to answer which is the greater good: pursuit of truth or the good of the society.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss in a complete essay, using examples from the text, how the author uses foreshawdowing throughout the novel to develop the plot and content of the story.

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