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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following groups of people are not divided into about seventy-two identical embryos?
(a) Alphas
(b) Betas
(c) Deltas
(d) Gammas

2. Which of the following is considered a threat to the State?
(a) Emotions
(b) Happiness
(c) Individual thought
(d) Monogamy

3. How long does the doctor predict Linda will last with her constant soma-holidays?
(a) 1-2 weeks
(b) 1-2 months
(c) 1-2 years
(d) Unknown amount of time

4. Why is Bernard permitted to visit the Savage Reservation?
(a) The director has ordered him to go there
(b) He is an alpha plus psychologist
(c) Lenina requests to go there
(d) His job requires him to be there daily

5. Whose books does John often read by not necessarily understand?
(a) Huxley
(b) Shaw
(c) Shakespeare
(d) Keats

Short Answer Questions

1. What is passed around as they say, " I drink to my annihilation" at the Solidarity Service?

2. What analogy does the controller use to describe the optimum population?

3. How does the nurse distract the twins while John is by his dead mother's bed?

4. What does John do when he sees Lenina's suitcase through the window?

5. What does John call the director when he sees him for the first time?

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