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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 words is an accurate description of how John responds when Lenina strops off her clothes?

2. Where does Lenina take John?

3. Where does John move?

4. How do John and Lenina travel?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Helmholtz do as he presses his way through the crowd?

5. Describe why Bernard blames John for his feelings.

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

7. Why does John push Lenina away when she kisses him?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss in a complete essay, using examples from the text, how the author uses foreshawdowing throughout the novel to develop the plot and content of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Describe how Bernard must have felt when he was able to trump the director's ploy to make a public example of Bernard. Use specific examples from the story to support your supposition.

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail how this novel is an example of a dystopia. Use specific examples from the novel to support your description.

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