Brave New World Unit Assessment

Which choice best represents the society’s views on family? (RL.9-10.2.a)

• An individual’s caste (level of society).

• An individual’s Bokanovsky group.

• Family is not a concept they follow because they believe it to be disgusting and wrong.

• The World State.

Why does Helmholtz get in trouble? (RL.9-10.5)

• He taught an inappropriate lesson.

• He skips work to spend time with Lenina.

• He refused to sleep with one of the superiors.

• He placed an unusual advertisement in the paper.

Why does John threaten to kill Lenina? (RL.9-10.3)

• She tries to befriend Linda.

• She is extremely cruel and degrading to Linda.

• She tries to sleep with him.

• She sleeps with another man.

Which statement(s) regarding Linda’s death are true? (RL.9-10.2.b)

• The authorities allow John to be with her.

• She is surrounded by children.

• She dies of drug abuse.

• All of the above are true.

How do the authorities handle the riot started by John Savage? (RL.9-10.2.b)

• They use drugs to calm everyone.

• They decide to let the riot “run its course.”

• They resort to violence, beating and killing people.

• They let Lenina talk him off the edge.

Which of the following elements is NOT a feature of life in Huxley’s imagined society? (RL.9-10.2.b)

• Violent Passion Surrogate

• Rigorous Morning Chant

• Solidarity Service

• Malthusian Drill

Why does Mustapha Mond think it is a reward to be sent to an island? (RL.9-10.2.a)

• The “savages” treat people from the advanced society as royalty.

• There are free-thinking individuals on the island.

• Mond believes he is part of an important experiment.

• People can go there to get away from the busy lifestyle of a large city.

Which character is glad to be exiled to an isolated island? (RL.9-10.5)

• Helmholtz Watson

• The DHC (Bernard’s former boss)

• Bernard Marx

• Lenina Crowne

Why does John choose to stay in England? (RL.9-10.2.b)

• He chooses to stay so that he can be with Lenina.

• Mustapha Mond wants to continue the experiment.

• The leader of the reservation refuses to let John return.

• He does not stay in England.

How does John Savage become famous “all over again?” (RL.9-10.2.b)

• The World State encourages people to learn from him.

• He kills Mustapha Mond.

• He delivers a speech about God and religious truth.

• He is the subject of a feely movie.