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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lenina feel that she is getting some of the fame under false pretenses?
(a) She is scared of John
(b) She did not agree to bring him back
(c) She has not slept with John
(d) Bernard did all of the work

2. Which character does Bernard send reports too which agree with some of the Savage's ideas?
(a) John
(b) DHC
(c) Helmholtz
(d) Mustapha Mond

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

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

5. What does Linda call herself when she sees the DHC for the first time?
(a) Linda
(b) His lover
(c) His wife
(d) His Linda

Short Answer Questions

1. What analogy does the controller use to describe the optimum population?

2. Which of the following is not a descriptor the controller would use to describe the world now?

3. Which of the following characters notices Lenina's growing sadness and makes suggestions on possible treatments?

4. What does Helmholtz call Shakespeare?

5. Which character becomes newly confident and lets some success go to his head?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the difference between murder and what Bernard has done as described by the director.

2. What does the director say is the greatest offense, which Bernard has committed?

3. What does Helmholtz do as he presses his way through the crowd?

4. Describe why Bernard blames John for his feelings.

5. What does the controller admit to John, Bernard and Helmholtz in relation to books?

6. What has the new civilization eliminated, which the controller then indicates requires no need for religion?

7. What do the metal knobs on the chairs at the feelies do?

8. What was the feelies about which Lenina and John watched together?

9. What happened, as the controller described, on the island of Cypress when it was inhabited with nothing but Alphas?

10. What does John remember as he sits beside his mother's hospital bed before she awakens and talks to him?

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