Brave New World chpts 15-18

How are children conditioned to accept death?

• They are taught about heaven

• They are given treats when visiting dying people

• They are shocked if they say negative things about death

• They are given soma

Why is John's reaction to his father's death inappropriate

• You are not supposed to mourn in the Brave New World

• Crying is forbidden

• His father doesn't die, his mother does

• He assaults a nurse

Why does John disrupt the soma distribution

• He wants it all for himself

• He thinks it enslaves people and is harmful

• He is just upset about society in general

• all of the above

What happens to Bernard and Hemholtz?

• Executed

• They are sent to a prison where they will be reconditioned

• They are reassigned to new castes

• They are banished to islands to live with others who couldn't fit in

Why does the controller say they should be happy with their punishment?

• The reconditioning will remove sadness from them

• They will be with other like-minded people

• Their suffering will end with their death

• none of the above

Why are Shakespeare and scientific research banned?

• Art, literature, and scientific inquiry would upset the stability of society

• The controller hated Shakespeare in high school and failed science classs

• Shakespeare was found to be a fraud and science just another form of religion

• none of these

What does John mean when he says, "I claim them all"

• The mistakes he's made

• The dependents on his taxes

• All of human emotions and hardships

• none of these

Why does John drink mustard water?

• It reminds him of his mother

• He wants to purify himself and it makes him vomit

• He's hallucinating and it helps

• it's all he has to drink

Besides throwing up, how does John purify himself?

• Running

• Writing

• Whipping himself

• Chanting

How does John die?

• starves to death

• dehydration

• hangs himself

• he's shot