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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. What does John say poisoned him?

2. What right does the controller say that John is claiming?

3. What does John call the director when he sees him for the first time?

4. What does the director accuse Bernard of doing?

5. Where does John see people laughing at savages confessing their sins to Jesus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Lenina go to John's apartment?

6. Describe why Bernard blames John for his feelings.

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

8. What has the new civilization eliminated, which the controller then indicates requires no need for religion?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the development of characters throughout this novel. Think of questions such as: Are the characters well developed? Do the characters become more developed as the novel progresses?

Essay Topic 2

Describe in detail, with examples from the text, a Solidarity Service.

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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