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

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

3. Which of the following has not been described by the controller as something that has paid a high price for happiness?
(a) Science
(b) Art
(c) God
(d) Love

4. What does Helmholtz call Shakespeare?
(a) Lover
(b) Propaganda technician
(c) Great writer
(d) Poet

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. The controller and John debate over whether or not the belief in God is what?

2. What does John do with his Shakespeare book after Helmholtz bursts into laughter over some of the writing?

3. What does John talk about which horrifies Lenina?

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

5. How does John die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the people who listen to Bernard's ideas on the flaws in society feel about his ideas?

2. What does the controller indicate has all of the tonic effects of murdering Desdemona without the inconveniences?

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

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

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

6. In what ways does the director indicate Bernard has grossly betrayed the trust of the society?

7. What happens with the guests when John refuses to come out of his room?

8. Why does John begin whipping himself?

9. Why does the crowd begin to mimic John's whipping gestures toward each other?

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

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