WorksheetsBRAVE NEW WORLD BY ALDOUS HUXLEY
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 36mins
Write a brief biography about the author of the novel "Brave New World". (80 to 100 words)
What is the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg?
The Podansky Process
The Bokanovsky Process
The Trotsky Process
Centrifugal Bumble-puppy
The term for birth in the Hatchery is ___
Social predestination.
Hatching.
Uncorking.
Decanting.
How are children in the Nursery conditioned to dislike books and flowers?
By preventing the children from ever seeing books and flowers.
By spanking the children when they approach books and flowers.
By using hypnopaedia to teach them that books and flowers are worthless.
By sounding alarms and shocking the children when they approach books and flowers.
What two hypnopaedic lessons are the children in the Nursery learning during the boy’s tour of the Hatchery?
Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness
Elementary Sex and Elementary Caste Structure
Elementary Fordism and Elementary Class Consciousness
Elementary Sex and Elementary Soma
Why does Fanny try to convince Lenina to be more promiscuous?
Because she thinks Lenina is lonely
Because she thinks Henry Foster is treating Lenina poorly
Because “every one belongs to every one else”
Because she thinks Bernard Marx is attractive
Why are Bernard Marx and Helmholtz Watson friends?
Both feel like outsiders in World State society
Both have been persecuted by the World State
Both are committed to trying to change the World State
They are friends for no particular reason
How does the Solitary Service end?
With singing and large doses of soma
With a sermon from the Community Songster
With an orgy that leaves Bernard feeling more isolated than ever.
With a series of hypnopaedic lessons
How does Bernard convince Lenina to go on a date with him?
By inviting her to visit a Savage Reservation
By telling her that he loves her
Mr. Frederick’s men blow up the windmill
By telling her that she is ‘pneumatic’
Where is the Savage Reservation located?
New Mexico
Texas
Nevada
Arizona
How does Lenina react to observing the Savage religious ritual?
She is horrified.
She is sympathetic.
She is fascinated.
She ignores it.
Which one of the following World State sayings has to do with soma?
“Everyone is happy now”
"Progress is lovely”
“A gramme is better than a damn”
“Never put off till to-morrow the fun you can have to-day”
What is the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages?
To bring rain
To initiate the young men of the pueblo into adulthood
To cleanse the pueblo after the outsiders’ visit
To improve community cohesion
Why was Linda attacked by the other women of the village in the Reservation?
Because she slept with their husbands
Because she did not speak their language
Because she was from the Other Place
Because she insulted them
As a child John read...
Animal Farm by George Orwell
1984 by George Orwell
Faustus
None of them
All of them
After his return from the Reservation with the Savage, what event leads to Bernard’s fall from social grace?
John refuses to meet Bernard’s dinner guests.
John tries to convince a crowd of Deltas not to take soma.
Lenina abandons him after John refuses to sleep with her.
Bernard sends Mustapha Mond a letter criticizing the World State.
Why is Helmholtz first criticized by the World State authorities?
He writes a poem about solitude.
He writes a poem criticizing the World State.
He reads Shakespeare with the Savage.
He spends too much time with Bernard.
What did Mustapha Mond do that almost got him exiled to an island?
He conducted scientific experiments.
He criticized the World State.
He wrote poetry.
He visited a Savage Reservation.
Mustapha Mond says that “You can’t have a lasting civilization without . . .”
“plenty of pleasant vices.”
“soma.”
“pre-natal conditioning.”
stability and happiness.”
What does “V.P.S.” stand for?
Vigorous Panic Surrogate
Viviparous Pregnancy Surrogate
Violent Passion Surrogate
Vivid Passion Surrogate
After retreating to the lighthouse, what does John do that first attracts the reporters?
He cries for his mother.
He calls Lenina’s name.
He whips himself.
He plants a garden.
What motivates John’s suicide at the end of the novel?
Linda’s death
His unrequited love for Lenina
His disillusionment with the “brave new world”
His participation in a soma-driven orgy
Mustapha Mond tells John that civilizations have to choose between God and...
Soma
Stability and strength
Technology and progress
Machinery and medicine and happiness
Which character of BNW is your favourite?
Linda
Bernard
Mustapha Mond
John
Lenina
Of the following, who rejects Lenina's sexual advances?
The Director
Benito
John
Henry
Based on the information provided in the video https://youtu.be/Rinst15bRO0, choose ONE female character and ONE male character and describe them. (50 to 80 words per character)
