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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 character does Bernard send reports too which agree with some of the Savage's ideas?

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

3. What does the music box play to calm the crowd?

4. What are the twins doing in his mother's hospital room?

5. Why does the director choose this area for the meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Linda call John Pope?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the controller admit to John, Bernard and Helmholtz in relation to books?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After his mother dies, John feels unwanted and alone. Write an essay explaining how and why John feels this way. Use information and specific details from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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