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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people who come to stare at John chant they want to see?
(a) Savage
(b) Bow and arrow
(c) Whipping stunt
(d) Violence

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

3. Which of the following words is an accurate description of how John responds when Lenina strops off her clothes?
(a) Becomes aroused
(b) Hides from her
(c) Punches her
(d) Retreats in terror

4. Where does the director ask Bernard to meet him?
(a) Conditioning room
(b) Fertilizing room
(c) Nurseries
(d) Embryo store

5. Where were John, Bernard and Helmholtz taken after the riots?
(a) World controller's office
(b) Alpha camp
(c) Iceland
(d) Reservation

6. Which of the following does the controller indicate is incompatible with happiness?
(a) Science
(b) Truth
(c) Art
(d) Wars

7. What scandalous behavior does John display when his mother dies?
(a) Destroys all of the civilization's death-conditioning
(b) Boxes one of the twin's ears
(c) Cries
(d) Has sex with her

8. How do John and Lenina travel?
(a) Taxi copter
(b) Helicopter
(c) Cab
(d) Walking

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

10. Who is able to, surprisingly, quote from Shakespeare?
(a) Helmholtz
(b) John
(c) Mustapha Mond
(d) Bernard

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the director propose Bernard should be transfered?

2. What does Linda announce that causes everyone to fall silent?

3. What does Linda call herself when she sees the DHC for the first time?

4. What causes Helmholtz to become a marked man?

5. Why wouldn't the controller allow John to go with Bernard and Helmholtz?

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