Brave New World Ch. 16-18 Reading Check

All of the following are true EXCEPT

• John retreats to the lighthouse
• Hundreds of people came to experience the Savage
• John sees Lenina and goes into a frenzy.
• John finds sancutary and peace in the lighthouse

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

John views all of the following as evils in the BNW EXCEPT

• people do not think for themselves. 
• people take soma instead of facing life problems
• people are too promiscuous
• people have a vague understanding of Christianity

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Why does John kill himself?

• he succumed to soma and sex; he became a part of all that he hates.
• He realized he could never have Lenina's love. 
• he can not bear to live without Linda. 
• he is too lonely to survive, 

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

John attempts to deny and destroy his desire for Lenina by

• writing in his journal
• praying
• whipping himself
• taking a pilgrimage to Canterbury

The Controller tells John that you can't make tragedies without social instability.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

How does John die?

• Starvation
• He hangs himself
• In a helicopter crash
• A Soma overdose

After Helmholtz leaves England, where does John make his home? In

• a savage reservation in Scotland
• a crashed helicopter
• a lighthouse
• Helmholtz’s isolated mountain cottage

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What kinds of people are sent out of World State?

• Those who are individuals.
• Those who want to be something else.
• Those who question science. 
• Those who question the Controller.

John tells Hemholtz and Bernard that he wants to go with them, and that he asked Mond if he could go. John says that Mond responds 

• no, he wants to continue with the experiment.
• no, he's sending him home.
• Yes, to get his bag packed.
• Yes, so he can have liberty.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

According to Mond, what is the new Christianity?

• soma

• sex hormone chewing gum

• sex

• the feelies