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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 does the man in the coyote mask do to the young boy of about eighteen?

2. Which of the following groups of people are not divided into about seventy-two identical embryos?

3. Which of the following is the lowest caste of embryos?

4. What are the Suggestions from the State?

5. What does Lenina wish she had while on the reservation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bernard mocked by his peers?

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

3. What did the conscription of consumption compell?

4. Why do you think John is awed by the smell of perfume and the sound of zippers?

5. What statement in chapter four does Lenina make which is an unconscious echo of one of the many hypnopaedic lessons?

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

7. In what ways are an egg's normal growth checked?

8. What questions are difficult for Linda to answer when John has asked them?

9. What does the Director say that a love of nature is for they lower castes?

10. Describe the game of Centrifugal Bumble-puppy.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how emotions of the characters are a critical component of the development of the story and scenes within the novel. Be sure to include specific examples from the text to support your description.

Essay Topic 2

Describe in detail, with examples from the text, a Solidarity Service.

Essay Topic 3

Respond in writing using information from the text and your own personal experiences to answer which is the greater good: pursuit of truth or the good of the society.

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