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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which character becomes newly confident and lets some success go to his head?
(a) Linda
(b) John
(c) Helmholtz
(d) Bernard

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

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

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

6. Where does the director propose Bernard should be transfered?
(a) The savage reservation
(b) Sub-Centre far from any centre of population
(c) Santa Fe
(d) The creamatorium

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

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

9. Who does Bernard blame for snubbing him?
(a) Lenina
(b) Arch-Community-Songster
(c) Helmholtz
(d) John

10. What does John compare the Delta's coming off of shift to?
(a) Flies
(b) Maggots
(c) Twins
(d) Worms

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

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

13. How do the workers react to all of the events with Linda, John and the director?
(a) They throw stones
(b) They yell
(c) They cheer
(d) They laugh

14. Which of the following is not a treatment suggested to Lenina to overcome her growing saddness?
(a) Having John
(b) Pregnancy substitute
(c) Violent passion surrogate treatment
(d) Soma

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of treatment causes the person to feel empty and experience nausea?

2. What happens to the director at the end of this chapter?

3. Where does John see people laughing at savages confessing their sins to Jesus?

4. What happened to the DHC after John fell to his knees and called him father?

5. According to the director, what has Bernard attacked?

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