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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. Which character becomes newly confident and lets some success go to his head?

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

3. Which of the following words is an accurate description of how John responds when Lenina strops off her clothes?

4. What does John compare the Delta's coming off of shift to?

5. Which of the following is not one of the areas the controller says that God isn't compatible with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Lenina go to John's apartment?

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

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

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

7. How does John view everyone in the new civilization?

8. Describe how Lenina feels when she leaves the party with the Arch-community-songster.

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

10. Why does John begin whipping himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing the division of the classes throughout the novel. Use examples from the text and make a judgment of the benefits and detractions of this type of divided class system.

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 a essay describing John's views on sexual values. Include in your essay the basis of John's values when he first arrives in the civilization and how this changes throughout the novel.

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