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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the games according to the Director?

2. What does the Controller say that 'Our Ford' called himself whenever he was speaking of psychology?

3. Which of the following is not a descriptive term the Controller uses to describe home?

4. Which of the following was a little boy of Polish speaking parents who lived with "Our Ford" while still on earth?

5. Which of the following does NOT describe Helmholtz Watson?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bernard mocked by his peers?

2. What does the Director indicate is the secret to being happy and virtuous?

3. What is the aim of mass production as described in Chapter 1?

4. Why wasn't John able to marry the girl that he loved on the reservation?

5. Why do you think that John quotes Romeo and Juliet when he was watching Lenina sleep?

6. What adjectives did John use to identify with Pope?

7. What does the Director say the babies will develop as related to flowers and books?

8. What does Bernard say after he refuses the soma raspberry sundae Lenina offers him?

9. What has replaced the pursuit of knowledge by the end of chapter five?

10. Why are Lenina and Bernard surprised by John?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After his mother dies, John feels unwanted and alone. Write an essay explaining how and why John feels this way. Use information and specific details from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Describe in detail how this novel is an example of a dystopia. Use specific examples from the novel to support your description.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing how many of the characters of this novel are as imprisoned as the savages are on the reservation.

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