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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 of the following ideas from Romeo and Juliet did Helmhotz find very obscene?

2. What do John, Helmholtz and Bernard often do together?

3. What does John do when he sees Lenina get out of the helicopter?

4. Which of the following does the controller say floods the system with adrenaline to reproduce the complete physiological effects of fear and rage?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe why Bernard blames John for his feelings.

5. How do the people who listen to Bernard's ideas on the flaws in society feel about his ideas?

6. Why does the crowd begin to mimic John's whipping gestures toward each other?

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

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

9. Describe how the director responds to Linda and John.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a comparison essay comparing the characters of John and Bernard throughout the novel. Be sure to draw comparisons from all aspects of the novel as the characters change and develop throughout the story.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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