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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. What does the music box play to calm the crowd?
(a) Voice of reason speech number one
(b) Anti-riot speech number two
(c) Anti-riot speech number one
(d) Voice of reason speech number two

2. What happened to the DHC after John fell to his knees and called him father?
(a) He was promoted
(b) He attacked Bernard
(c) He resigned
(d) He took John into his home

3. Who does Henry Foster tell that the DHC had been on the verge of transferring Bernard to Iceland?
(a) Lenina
(b) John
(c) Head mistress of Eton
(d) Arch-Community-Songster

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the director accuse Bernard of doing?

2. Why does Lenina assume John will not come out of his room?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What question does Helmholtz wonder how it made people who read Shakespeare's work excited?

3. Why does John push Lenina away when she kisses him?

4. Why does John begin whipping himself?

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

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

7. Describe why Bernard blames John for his feelings.

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

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

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

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