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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of treatment causes the person to feel empty and experience nausea?
(a) Fertilization treatment
(b) Violent passion surrogate treatment
(c) Soma treatment
(d) Reservation treatment

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. In what name did John throw out the soma?
(a) Death
(b) Life
(c) Linda
(d) Liberty

9. Which of the following characters do the police not take away after the riot at the soma distribution line?
(a) Bernard
(b) Linda
(c) John
(d) Helmholtz

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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) Helmholtz
(d) Fanny

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word describes how John thinks of Linda and the Deltas as they line up for the soma distribution?

2. What does the director accuse Bernard of doing?

3. What does Helmholtz call Shakespeare?

4. What does John say poisoned him?

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

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