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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Linda awakens what does she say that upsets John?
(a) Tells him to leave
(b) Calls him Pope
(c) Tells him of how wonderful the new civilization is
(d) Asks him to belong to no one ever

2. What causes Helmholtz to become a marked man?
(a) A lecture with rhymes on solitude
(b) His friendship with the savage
(c) A lecture on the savage
(d) His friendship with Bernard

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

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

5. Which of the following ideas from Romeo and Juliet did Helmhotz find very obscene?
(a) Mother and father
(b) Uncremated bodies
(c) Forcing love on someone
(d) Star-crossed lovers

6. Which character has the closest bond with John in this chapter?
(a) Linda
(b) Lenina
(c) Bernard
(d) Helmholtz

7. The controller and John debate over whether or not the belief in God is what?
(a) Extrinsic
(b) Intrinsic
(c) Motivating
(d) Necessary

8. Which word describes how John felt about the feelies?
(a) Disliked
(b) Frightened
(c) Liked
(d) Ignored

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

10. Which word best describes how the guests feel about Bernard when John refuses to come out of his room for the party?
(a) Relieved
(b) Regretful
(c) Anxious
(d) Furious

11. What analogy does the controller use to describe the optimum population?
(a) Soma
(b) An iceberg
(c) Island of Cypress
(d) The human body

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

13. What does John tell Bernard he would rather be than have fake happiness?
(a) Miserable
(b) Happy
(c) Soma induced
(d) Unhappy

14. How does John die?
(a) Homicide
(b) Old age
(c) Suicide
(d) Patricide

15. Where does John see people laughing at savages confessing their sins to Jesus?
(a) Eton School
(b) Control
(c) Factory
(d) Provost

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the director ask Bernard to meet him?

2. Where were John, Bernard and Helmholtz taken after the riots?

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

4. What are the water pistols filled with the police use to help calm the crowd?

5. What does the director accuse Bernard of doing?

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