Brave New World Quiz

 Q1: Lenina in BNW (Brave New World) represents a woman who:

a. Is happy in BNW, but supports Bernard's rebellion out of love for him.
b. Being the Controller's mistress, is supportive of the social goals of conditioning.
c. Is a superficial person, conditioned by BNW, and unable to understand any objection to it.
d. Understands the superficiality of life in BNW, but lacks the courage to speak out.

Solution: Is a superficial person, conditioned by BNW, and unable to understand any objection to it

Q2: Bernard in BNW (Brave New World) represents a character who:
a. Is a perfect product of social conditioning, and never thinks for himself.
b. Dislikes social conditioning, but lacks the courage to fully defy it.
c. Is tempted by power and riches to become a heartless tyrant.
d. Awakens from his conditioning and fights for democracy to the end.

Solution: Dislikes social conditioning, but lacks the courage to fully defy it.

Q3:  Slogans in BNW are -
a. Sentences people shout in order to express identification with the political party they like.
b. Sentences people recite in order to calm down and remind themselves how to behave.
c. Sentences that people invent, and sing in front of others, for the sake of entertainment.
d. Sentences people murmur in order to feel identified with their parents and family members.

Solution: Sentences people recite in order to calm down and remind themselves how to behave

Q4: The attitude towards sex in Brave New World is:
a. People are encouraged to engage in casual, pleasurable sex with many partners.
b. Conditioning has eliminated sexual drives, so that people rarely think about sex.
c. All sexual activities are prohibited, and people are instructed to suppress them.
d. Sex with your partner is encouraged, but extra-marital sex is strictly forbidden.

Solution: People are encouraged to engage in casual, pleasurable sex with many partners.

Q5: Babies in Brave New World --
a. produced, raised, and conditioned in state-run institutions.
b. are educated by their parents, and are then handed over to the state.
c. are assigned to foster families who are responsible to condition them.
d. are conditioned to become as intelligent and productive as their genes allow.

Solution: produced, raised, and conditioned in state-run institutions.