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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. How does John die?

2. What does John tell Bernard he would rather be than have fake happiness?

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

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

5. Who does Henry Foster tell that the DHC had been on the verge of transferring Bernard to Iceland?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe why Bernard blames John for his feelings.

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

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

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

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

9. Why does John begin whipping himself?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing in what way John's whipping is a sign of his wanting to repent. Include in your essay what John is repenting for as well as specific examples to support your thesis.

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 an essay describing how many of the characters of this novel are as imprisoned as the savages are on the reservation.

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