Brave New World Final

How does the episode in the elevator portray the robot-like characteristics of the lower-caste workers?

• It reveals how much the lower casters hate their jobs.
• It reveals how unthinking and pathetic the lives of the people have become.
• It reveals how much time the people devote to their jobs.
• It reveals how although the lower castes have choices, they choose to live in elevators.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Bernard and Hemlholtz's friendship is based upon their...

• desire to overthrow the BNW.
• awareness of their individuality.
• desire for Lenina
• desire to write poetry

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL. 6.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Taking soma is likely to produce all of the following except

• physical comfort
• mild hallucination
• a desire to make the world a better place
• conformity to the values of the society

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The use of the Bokanovsky Process serves what purpose?

• to produce identical beings who are not competitive and will do the work higher class individuals do not want to do.
• to give the Alphas something for target practice
• to create beings to consume surplus food
• to produce beings who will work together for a common philosophical belief

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Huxley uses all of the following parallels to parody a Christian religious service EXCEPT

• singing hymns in celebration of individuality and non-conformity
• making the sign of the T
• using the phrase Our Ford
• soma as a part of a communion service

When John visits Eton, he hears a class discussing the savage reservation. Why doesn't the BNW include the reservation in its society?

• the reservation is not considered worth the cost of civilizing
• the savages are too ugly to be apart of the BNW
• the savages took a vote and chose not to join the BNW
• The BNW likes the way the reservation looks and wants to keep it natural. 

"The greatest moralizing and socializing force of all time" refers to

• hypnopaedia
• Bokanovsky's Process
• Podsnap's Technique
• Surrogate

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

All of the advantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of their defects- describes

• mescal
• hypnopaedia
• soma
• heroin

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

_____is old and repulsive, but still loved by_________

• Lenina...John
• Helmholtz....Bernard
• Linda....Bernard
• Linda....John

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What event precipitates John's riot at the hospital?

• a dead worker, a natural event that is sad for families in the BNW, but inevitable
• a feelie of Linda
• John's realization that the BNW's atttitude towards death is more comforting. 
• the tragic but inevitable death of Linda

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9