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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. Of what caste level was the girl who the director took to the savage reservation?

2. What happens when John tried to join in the ceremonies?

3. To whom does Bernard speak after telling his story several times?

4. How do Solidarity Services generally end?

5. Who fathered John?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Linda which caused her great distress?

2. What event makes Lenina sob after witnessing at the savage reservation?

3. What does Helmholtz wonder as they sit on Bernard's couch in his apartment?

4. What did the conscription of consumption compell?

5. Why would the D.H.C. be furious with Lenina according to Fanny?

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

7. What is the definition of hypnopaedia?

8. What does Bernard do after the the Solidarity service ends?

9. What type of behavior does the director accuse Bernard of displaying?

10. What does Henry remark as he and Lenina overlook the crematorium?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay, using information from the text and from your own personal experience, to address the statement posed by the controller that without misery, there is no need for religion, which is just another moral conditioning program.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe in detail, with examples from the text, in what ways and manner Helmholtz has sacrificed himself personally and how he changes that throughout the novel.

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