| What is the World State’s motto? | Community, Identity, Stability |
| What does D.H.C stand for? | Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning |
| What is the Podsnap’s Technique? | Accelerated Process of ripening eggs |
| Why are some embryos labeled “freemartin”? | Some embryos are deliberately made sterile |
| What is the Bokanosky Process? | Process of eggs dividing or budding multiple times |
| Why ere the Delta babies electrified and alarmed when they were playing with flowers and Books? | To instill instinctive fear of flowers and books for the rest of their lives. |
| What is the significance of instilling fear of flowers to the babies? | flowers represent love of nature; therefore, they didn’t want Deltas, Gammas, and Epsilons to love nature |
| What is the defect of having love of nature | Having love of nature means no factories and the people become gratuitous. |
| What was the outcome of Reuben sleeping with the radio turned on? | The discovery of Sleep Teaching (hypnopaedia) |
| Who is Mustapha Mond? | He is the Resident Controller of Western Europe |
| According the Fanny, What was the cause of Bernard Marx being so stunted? | People in the laboratory thought Bernard was a Gamma; therefore, inserted alcohol into his bloodstream. |
| Who is Bernard Marx? | He is an Alpha Plus, who specializes in Hypnopaedia |
| Where is Bernard Marx taking Lenina Crowne? | The Savage Reservation |
| Why does Bernard hate making contact with members of the lower class? | it reminds him of his physical inadequacy |
| According to Bernard, what is his social status among his own class? | an outsider |
| What was troubling Helmhotz? | that he has some special power inside him waiting to come out. |
| What is one condition that all the classes have? | Being proud of their class |
| What was symbolic of the musical performance Henry and Lenina saw? | the music symbolically represented intercourse |
| What game do Henry and Lennina play? | Obstacle Golf |
| What was the result of taking somas at the meeting? | People having an orgy-porgy |
| What are collected from the crematoriums? | Phosphorous |
| What caused Bernard to have sex with Lenina? | soma |
| Because of what behavior does the Director threaten to exile Bernard? | Bernard is too antisocial |
| Where does the Director exile Bernard? | Iceland |
| What was the purpose of Bernard visiting the Director? | To get his permission to go to the reservation in New Mexico |
| Who is Linda’s lover? | Popé |
| Why does Bernard want to bring John back to London? | To show the Director his child |
| What question did John ask Bernard that Bernard find it funny? | If Bernard was married to Lenina |
| What drink did Popé bring for Linda? | mescal |
| Why did three women beat up Linda? | Because Linda has slept with their men |
| John quotes passages from what while starring at Lenina? | Romeo and Juliet |
| Who does Bernard call to get permission to bring both John and Linda back to the World State? | Mustapha Mond |
| What made John become ashamed of himself? | Having the thought of touching Lenina while she slept. |
| As his defense against the director, what does Bernard reveal? | He presents Linda and John |
| At the moment John saw the Director, what does he say? | My father! |
| According to the Director, Bernard was a threat to what? | the stability of society |
| What is the negative result of taking excess amount of soma? | shortening a person’s life |
| What is the positive result of taking excess amount of soma? | life seems like eternity to a person |
| What is the cause for Bernard’s sudden popularity? | John the savage |
| With whom does Lenina grows affection for? | John |
| What caused Bernard’s popularity to plummet? | John wouldn’t come out of his room |
| What does John read Helmholtz and Bernard? | Romeo and Juliet |
| Why does John go to his room in sadness after he read “Romeo and Juliet” to Helmholtz? | Helmholtz laughed |
| Who leaves Bernard’s party because John isn’t there? | Arch-Community-Songster of Canterbury |
| What does Lenina attempt to do with John but fails? | sex (rape him) |
| What does John quote to show his love to Lenina? | Shakespeare |
| What does John call Lenina? | A ***** |
| What does John wants to do with Lenina that she finds horrific? | grow old with her |
| Why does John go to the hospital? | to see his dying mother |
| What did the boys say when they see Linda that offended John? | fat and ugly |
| What was the purpose of the nurse bringing children to Linda’s death bed? | death conditioning |
| Who does Linda think John is? | Pope |
| What does John do that infuriates the two Deltas? | throw somas out the window |
| What was Bernard indecisive to do? | to aid John and Helmholtz |
| What do the policemen spray to calm down the riot? | soma vapor and a powerful anesthetic |
| who gets caught by the police by trying to escape? | Bernard |
| What is John’s opinion on soma | poison meant to enslave them |
| What are two reasons why Shakespeare is banned? | 1. People want new things, not something that is old, like Shakespeare 2. People won’t understand Shakespeare because they live in a world where none of Shakespeare’s experiences exist |
| Where do the police take them? | Mustapha Mond’s office |
| Why is science forbidden? | science is based on truth and truth jeopardizes stability |
| Where is HelmHoltz exiled to? | The Falkland Islands |
| What is the discussion between mond and John about? | religion and God |
| What is soma for? | To take the pain away if something bad happens |
| According to John, what is the purpose if believing in God? | reason for self-denial and chastity and everything noble and fine and heroic |
| What is Mond’s input about John’s wishes? | it will lead to unhappiness |
| What does John want? | God, poetry, real danger, freedom, goodness, and sin |
| Why doesn’t John go to the islands? | He is part of Mond’s experiment |
| Where does John live? | in an abandoned lighthouse |
| Whom does he promises himself to always think of? | Linda |
| Based on his behavior or whipping himself, what kind of a person is he? | masochist |
| What happens to John in the end? | he hangs himself |
Brave New World unit questions
June 6, 2020