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Brave New World Quiz

Aldous Huxley
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Brave New World Quiz

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1)

What statement did children begin getting at age five according to Bernard? (from Chapter 6)

Everyone is able to have a good time
Everyone is free
No one is happy
Everyone is happy now
2)

The controller and John debate over whether or not the belief in God is what? (from Chapter 17)

Motivating
Intrinsic
Extrinsic
Necessary
3)

How does Lenina feel about the savage reservation? (from Chapter 7)

Doesn't like it
Likes it
Is excited by visiting it
Wants to move to it
4)

Where is the savage reservation located? (from Chapter 6)

Iceland
North pole
London
Santa Fe
5)

What does John's mother smell like to Lenina? (from Chapter 7)

Dirt
Flowers
Alcohol
Sweat
6)

How many tablets of soma does Lenina take before going to bed? (from Chapter 9)

5
6
12
1
7)

Which of the following is not one of the areas the controller says that God isn't compatible with? (from Chapter 17)

Machinery
Universal happiness
Medicine
Love
8)

Why wouldn't the controller allow John to go with Bernard and Helmholtz? (from Chapter 18)

He wants to return to the reservation
He wants him to work in the controller's office
He wants to go on with the experiment
He has other plans for John
9)

Whose idea was it to take John back to the 'other place'? (from Chapter 8)

Linda
Lenina
John
Bernard
10)

At what age do the citizens of the civilization reach their end? (from Chapter 7)

80
70
60
50
11)

What does John tell Bernard he would rather be than have fake happiness? (from Chapter 12)

Soma induced
Miserable
Happy
Unhappy
12)

What does John do when he sees Lenina's suitcase through the window? (from Chapter 9)

He uses a rock to break the window
He knocks louder to awaken her
He leaves and plans to return later
He sits and waits for her to wake up
13)

How does Linda feel about seeing Lenina? (from Chapter 7)

Upset
Ecstatic
Angry
Sad
14)

What does John repeatedly say in his grief that confuses the twins? (from Chapter 14)

God
One is important
Love
Hope
15)

Where does the director indicate he will send Bernard if there are more complaints about him? (from Chapter 6)

North pole
Santa Fe
London
Iceland
16)

Which word describes how the controller felt at Bernard's suggestions about social order? (from Chapter 11)

Outraged
Reinforced
Suspect
Intrigued
17)

How does the nurse distract the twins while John is by his dead mother's bed? (from Chapter 14)

With chocolate eclairs
With flowers
With a game
With a book
18)

How do the workers react to all of the events with Linda, John and the director? (from Chapter 10)

They cheer
They throw stones
They laugh
They yell
19)

Which of the following is not a descriptor the controller would use to describe the world now? (from Chapter 16)

Happy
Passionate
Stable
Well Off
20)

What does John say poisoned him? (from Chapter 18)

Mustard
Civilization
Water
Wickedness
21)

Whose books does John often read by not necessarily understand? (from Chapter 8)

Huxley
Shaw
Keats
Shakespeare
22)

Where does John see people laughing at savages confessing their sins to Jesus? (from Chapter 11)

Eton School
Provost
Control
Factory
23)

Where does Bernard need to go to contact Mustapha Mond? (from Chapter 9)

Washington
Savage Reservation
Santa Fe
London
24)

After John leaves Lenina, what does she do to get to sleep? (from Chapter 11)

Takes a long bath
Drinks a shake
Takes 3 half-gramme soma tablets
Leaves to find Bernard
25)

Of what caste level was the girl who the director took to the savage reservation? (from Chapter 6)

Beta-minus
Beta-plus
Alpha-plus
Alpha-minus
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