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WorksheetsBrave New World
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
T or F: People of the World State were horrified by viviparous reproduction.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
T or F: The State took children away from their mothers at an early age.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
T or F: Duties in the factories were often performed by a single Bokanovsky group.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
T or F: Decanting was the process of removing embryos from the bottles in which they matured.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
T or F: People were kept busy consuming goods, so they would drive the economy and not trouble the government much.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
T or F: Since he knows he will be sent back to the reservation, John drowns himself in the English channel.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
T or F: Lenina was so conditioned that she could not and did not want to experience the emotions that John believes should be a part of one’s life.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
T or F: John was not accepted on the reservation because of his looks and also because of Linda’s way of life.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Death in the World State meant sudden senility but no
a)
freedom
b)
pain
c)
peace
d)
cremation
10.
Before the feelies began, entertainment was provided by
a)
Orgy-Porgy
b)
Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy
c)
the Scent Organ
d)
a Solidarity Service
11.
The Savage (John) felt that the feelies were
a)
miraculous
b)
sensational
c)
subversive
d)
ignoble
12.
John believes the people of the World State have made some sacrifices for their kind of happiness. Among these are negation of science and
a)
religion
b)
art
c)
security
d)
a and b
13.
The purpose of death conditioning is to create an attitude of
a)
concern
b)
sorrow
c)
joy at adding tyo the greater good
d)
unconcern when people die
14.
When John sees the countless identical workers in the Electrical Equipment Company, he
a)
retches / vomits
b)
rejoices
c)
marvels
d)
faints
15.
Bernard is threatened with deportation because of his desire for
a)
Lenina
b)
soma
c)
the Controller's job
d)
individuality, “to feel something strongly”
16.
Having one partner in marriage is known as
a)
monopoly
b)
unisex
c)
monogramy
d)
polygamy
17.
The words “O brave new world” are taken from Shakespeare’s play
a)
Romeo and Juliet
b)
Hamlet
c)
Othello
d)
The Tempest
18.
In their off-working hours, the people of the World State were supposed to act like civilized
a)
robots
b)
freemartins
c)
infants
d)
morons
19.
The Malpais reservation, where John and Linda lived, was located in
a)
Arizona
b)
New Mexico
c)
Mexico
d)
Texas
20.
The word “mother” was considered in the World State to be
a)
incomprehensible
b)
natural
c)
smutty, obscene
d)
sacred
21.
The Solidarity Service, a meeting for members of the upper castes, ended in the Greater Being crooning in a “deep Voice” for members to engage in
a)
a riot
b)
an Electro-Magnetic Golf Tournament
c)
a Community Sing
d)
an orgy
22.
Most of the women of the World State were sterile and were known as
a)
freemartins
b)
free spirits
c)
free agents
d)
free lovers
23.
John caused a riot when he tried to do away with
a)
hypnopaedia
b)
the feelies
c)
decanting
d)
soma
24.
Which of these terms is NOT connected directly with the topic of human reproduction?
a)
cloning
b)
Pavlovian conditioning
c)
Malthus
d)
genetic engineering
25.
What’s a caste system? A system
a)
for conditioning people to be consumers
b)
of strict social distinctions within a population
c)
of mass production
d)
for cloning embryos
26.
When the narrator describes Bernard’s reaction to the Solidarity Service, he does all of the following EXCEPT
a)
creates a psuedo-religious scene for satirical purposes.
b)
wants readers to be respectful of Brave New World traditions.
c)
contrasts John’s belief in God with the rituals of the World State.
d)
illustrates Bernard’s awareness of his nonconformity.
27.
Bokanovsky’s Process is a way to
a)
produce hypnopaedia messages
b)
divide fetuses into social groups
c)
rid the world of diseases
d)
divide the fertlized human egg several times
28.
When Fanny learns Lenina has been dating Henry for four months, she
a)
chides Lenina for not being promiscuous
b)
complains that he is too hairy
c)
suggests that Lenina might prefer Bernard
d)
takes a soma holiday
29.
Bernard’s only real friend is
a)
John
b)
Lenina
c)
Mond
d)
Helmholtz
30.
Bernard is different from other Alphas because he
a)
is smarter
b)
has blond hair
c)
wears pink
d)
is shorter
31.
The DHC’s biggest mistake with Bernard was
a)
telling him about the past
b)
trying to recondition him
c)
dating Lenina
d)
wishing him happy holidays instead of Merry Fordmas
32.
A.F. stands for
a)
another Friday
b)
After Ford
c)
alternate function
d)
Always and Forever!
33.
The psychological name for Ford is (25)
a)
Skinner
b)
Pavlov
c)
Freud
d)
Flivver
34.
The DHC plans to send Bernard to
a)
Greenland
b)
Malaysia
c)
Iceland
d)
the Reconditioning Board
35.
Park Lane Hospital is for the
a)
deconditioned
b)
dying
c)
diseased
d)
seniors who do not read assigned books and fail their test
36.
After Helmholtz leaves England, where does John make his home? In
a)
a savage reservation in Scotland
b)
a crashed helicopter
c)
a lighthouse
d)
Helmholtz’s isolated mountain cottage
37.
In the final paragraph of the novel, the narrator describes John’s dangling feet as moving like compass needles and slowly names the directions “towards the right.” What do the compass points show?
a)
the extent of the civilized world
b)
the demise of the civilized world
c)
John has been exposed to civilization, and he has lost his moral compass, thus he had to kill himself.
d)
all of the above
38.
Lenina views the World State as
a)
a utopia
b)
science fiction
c)
satire
d)
a dystopia
39.
John the Savage views the World State as
a)
a utopia
b)
science fiction
c)
satire
d)
a dystopia
40.
Mustapha Mond has created what kind of government?
a)
Pavlovian
b)
utopian
c)
totalitarian
d)
satirical
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