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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 thinks of Linda and the Deltas as they line up for the soma distribution?

2. Which word describes how the controller felt at Bernard's suggestions about social order?

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

4. What does Linda announce that causes everyone to fall silent?

5. Who is able to, surprisingly, quote from Shakespeare?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does John begin whipping himself?

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

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

8. Why does Linda call John Pope?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe, using specific examples from the novel, how the character of Bernard could be described accurately as a coward.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing why consumption is an important value in this novel. Use examples from the novel to support your answer.

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