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WorksheetsBrave New World Test Study Guide
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How do the citizens of World State address their emotions?
Take Soma in order to eliminate unpleasant emotions
Go to therapy in order to reprogram their minds
They are conditioned to never feel emotions
They have promiscuous sex
How is the population and the World State stabilized?
Conditioning
Consumption
Caste system
Pleasure seeking
All options
What does the group experience at Bernard's Solidarity Meeting?
Connection to the Great Being and an orgy
Connection to God and have sex in designated rooms
A high off of Soma and experience a psychedelic trip off of the drug
Connection to a Creator and their Sex God
What writer represents culture and emotional connections in Brave New World?
Shakespeare
Shelley
Poe
Keats
Why does John agree to return to the World State?
He wants to meet his father, the director
He wants to meet his mother, Lenina
He wants to meet his sister, Linda
He wants to meet his brother, Helmholtz
How is John treated when he returns with Bernard to the World State?
He is treated like a spectacle
He is conditioned to be a Beta
He establishes a new model of family
He goes to intellectual war with Helmholtz
What does John realize when he watches the children laughing at religious rituals?
Children are conditioned to accept death without hesitation
Sexual immorality is promoted, there is no sexual sin
Religion is entertaining and practiced like magic tricks at parties
Children can't take anything seriously
How does Helmholtz feel about the plays that are introduced to him by John?
He embraces them and begins to appreciate emotion and culture
He rejects them just like every other relic from the reservation
He doesn't understand but appreciates that John can find pleasure in it
He gives the plays away to trade for sexual favors
Why does John refuse Soma?
He would rather feel deep sadness and the full range of emotions
He wants everyone to see how profound he is
He has allergic reactions to Soma and doesn't want to risk his life
He would rather Lenina see his thoughtful side before they have sex so she knows he cares
How does Lenina change?
She never changes
She begins to love John
She has sex with every man she can see to make John jealous
She becomes deconditioned and loves Bernard
What disgusts John about the workers at the hospital?
The sameness of the twins
The orgy that broke out when they start taking soma
The chaos caused by the soma distribution
How much soma they are taking
John reacts to his mother's death by showing his love and concern. How is this seen by the nurse and the people in general?
It is considered extremely inappropriate because they individual is always insignificant.
It is considered totally appropriate. Death is the only time the people are permitted to express their true feelings.
It is considered a heroic act.
It is considered a disgusting, filthy act punishable by alienation.
What happens to Bernard and Helmholtz?
They are both banished to islands to live with other people who could not fit into society.
They are sent to the Home for the Dying to be killed quietly.
They are brainwashed and reprogrammed into lower caste workers.
They escape and live among the savages.
Many things are banned because they would upset the stability of society. Which of the following items is not banned?
Friendship
Art
Literature
Science
What does John mean when he says, "I claim them all"?
He wants to have a life that includes the full range of human passions.
He is establishing himself as the heir to his mother's money and possessions.
He is responsible for the demise of Bernard and Helmholtz.
He is a brother to all society, including the Savages.
John wants to show his grief for his mother and his anger at society. He also wants to get rid of his desire for Lenina. What does he do?
He tortures himself.
He screams and cries for a few hours, then falls into a trance-like sleep for a week.
He writes about his feelings, makes copies of his writing and distributes it to all he sees.
He goes back to the reservation to fast and pray.
How does John's life end at the end of the novel?
He hangs himself.
He returns to the reservation and stays there.
He blends into society and eventually becomes the D.H.C.
He assembles a group of followers and becomes an agent for social change.
How are the children conditioned to associate pleasant things with death?
They visit the home for the Dying and are given candy.
They attend funerals from an early age.
They are given pets, which are then killed. They receive presents when the pets die. The process is repeated several times through childhood.
What does John attempt to do after Linda's death?
He tries to stop the soma distribution because he sees it as harmful and the cause of her death
He commits suicide by hanging
He asks to be permitted to hold a funeral service and perform ritual tribal dances, but he is refused.
He tries to return to the savages but is not permitted to do so.
What does John take place in the day before his suicide?
Soma consumption and an orgy porgy
Goes back to civilization to see the feely, of which he is the star
Finally marries Lenina, even though she will never understand the ceremony
A tribal ritual of cleansing where he burned all of his crops and tools
