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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the director have with him to meet with Bernard?
(a) Henry Foster
(b) Mustapha Mond
(c) Lenina
(d) Helmholtz

2. Which of the following characters notices Lenina's growing sadness and makes suggestions on possible treatments?
(a) John
(b) Fanny
(c) Helholtz
(d) Henry

3. Why wouldn't the controller allow John to go with Bernard and Helmholtz?
(a) He wants him to work in the controller's office
(b) He wants to go on with the experiment
(c) He has other plans for John
(d) He wants to return to the reservation

4. What does John talk about which horrifies Lenina?
(a) Soma
(b) Marriage
(c) Monogamy
(d) Pregnancy

5. What right does the controller say that John is claiming?
(a) The right to return to the reservation
(b) The right to be loved
(c) The right to be unhappy
(d) The right to die

6. Which word describes how the controller felt at Bernard's suggestions about social order?
(a) Suspect
(b) Reinforced
(c) Intrigued
(d) Outraged

7. What does John do with the pillboxes filled with soma?
(a) Throws them out of the window
(b) Throws them into the crowd
(c) Takes the pills himself to overcome his grief
(d) Steals them for himself

8. What does John call the director when he sees him for the first time?
(a) DHC
(b) Dad
(c) Director
(d) Father

9. Where does Lenina take John?
(a) To the Eton school
(b) To the feelies
(c) To the helicopter factory
(d) Back to the reservation

10. What do John, Helmholtz and Bernard often do together?
(a) Read from Shakespeare
(b) Write poetry
(c) Make fun of others
(d) Take soma

11. Why does Lenina assume John will not come out of his room?
(a) Because she slept with Bernard
(b) Because he does not like her
(c) Because he does not want to sleep with her
(d) Because he is afraid of her

12. Which of the following characters tells Lenina to go to John and have him, not taking no for an answer?
(a) John
(b) Henry
(c) Fanny
(d) Helmholtz

13. After John leaves Lenina, what does she do to get to sleep?
(a) Leaves to find Bernard
(b) Drinks a shake
(c) Takes 3 half-gramme soma tablets
(d) Takes a long bath

14. What does John repeatedly say in his grief that confuses the twins?
(a) Hope
(b) One is important
(c) Love
(d) God

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The controller and John debate over whether or not the belief in God is what?

2. When Linda awakens what does she say that upsets John?

3. Which of the following ideas from Romeo and Juliet did Helmhotz find very obscene?

4. What are the twins doing in his mother's hospital room?

5. How do John and Lenina travel?

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