Brave New World Chs. 12-15

What happens at the party Bernard arranged for a large group of important people?

• John tells the large group all about life on the Reservation and becomes an instant sensation.

• John rushes upon the crowd in a rage and kills three people before he flees for safety.

• John refuses to leave his room and greatly disappoints the crowd, which berates Bernard.

• John and Lenina hit it off and plan a secluded evening together on the following night.

Why did Helmholtz get in trouble?  In other words, what did he do that was so “wrong”?

• He shared rhymes with his students about being alone.

• He was caught for not having women regularly.

• He threw all the lower castes’ soma out the window.

• He suggested that marriage should be reinstituted.

Lenina was very upset and not sure if John liked her. Who encouraged Lenina to to pursue John?

• Mustapha Mond

• Bernard

• Henry

• Fanny

When Lenina comes to John’s apartment what happens?

• John and Lenina take a dose of soma and spend the night together in romantic bliss.

• John proposes marriage to Lenina and she willingly accepts, despite her conditioning.

• Lenina attempts to seduce John into sex, but John refuses in a fit of anger

• John forces himself upon Lenina and she flees to Bernard in complete shame.

At the end of chapter 13, what ended up happening to Lenina?

• Lenina heard John on the phone and, once he was gone, she left.

• John walked her to the door, kissed her and apologized to her.

• John kept her as a hostage to try and become the new Director.

• Lenina waited until John calmed down and then they took soma together.

Why does John go to the Park Lane Hospital?

• To visit his dying mother, Linda.

• To speak about death.

• To find help when he finds Bernard beaten.

• To get help for his uncontrollable vomiting.

Who does Linda think John is, initially?

• Tomakin

• John

• Pope'

• Bernard

What are the delta children doing in this chapter?

• They are receiving death conditioning.

• They are learning how to manufacture soma.

• They are the audience that John addresses about the Savage Reservation.

• They are the future doctors and nurses of the Park Lane Hospital undergoing training.

What leads to John’s eventual arrest by the police?

• Forcing himself upon Lenina in his apartment.

• Throwing the soma rations of the Delta workers out the window and inciting a riot.

• Publicly reading Shakespeare to groups of students in Helmholtz’s classroom.

• Attempting to take the life of Bernard for using him as a “public attraction”.

Who comes to rescue John from sure catastrophe?

• Lenina and Bernard

• Bernard and Linda

• Helmholtz and Bernard

• Thomas, John’s father and Bernard