Brave New World Author Study

Multiple Choice

What did Aldous Huxley’s upbringing, family, and the world around him have a significant effect on?

• His Personal Life

• His Health

• His Relationships

• His Literary Works

Multiple Choice

What career did Aldous Huxley abandon because of personal tragedies?

• Science

• Medical

• Literary

• Education

Multiple Choice

What event from Aldous Huxley's childhood affected his future writing?

• His own blindness from keratitis punctata

• His father's death from an illness

• His mother's death from cancer

• His sister's death from an illness

Multiple Choice

Who did Aldous Huxley teach at Eton?

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Eric Blair (George Orwell)

• Bret Easton Ellis

• J.D. Salinger

Multiple Choice

What novel by Aldous Huxley went into his views on technology and science?

• 1984

• Animal Farm

• Brave New World

• Island

Multiple Choice

Along with the evolution of production, what did Aldous experience in the world?

• Communism

• Fascism

• Capitalism

• Industrialism

Open Ended

Based on the author study of Aldous Huxley, what do you predict the novel A Brave New World will be about? Use the language function tool below to answer this question.

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