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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 word describes how John felt about the feelies?

2. Which of the following characters do the police not take away after the riot at the soma distribution line?

3. What are the water pistols filled with the police use to help calm the crowd?

4. Where does the director ask Bernard to meet him?

5. What is the doctor thankful to be able to study in Linda?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens with the guests when John refuses to come out of his room?

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

4. What does Bernard begin to point out to those that will listen?

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

6. What does the director say is the greatest offense, which Bernard has committed?

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

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

9. Describe why Bernard blames John for his feelings.

10. Why does John begin whipping himself?

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

Write an essay discussing the use of conditioning in your own life in comparison to how it is used in the novel. Use both personal experiences and specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Describe why an emphasis on promiscuity came to be in this novel. After your description make a judgment as to your opinion of this emphasis. Use information from the text to support your judgment.

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