Brave New World Test

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1.

Helmholtz found himself in trouble with the authorities over a poem he wrote and shared with his Advanced Emotional Engineering students. Who turned him in?
- A.
  
  Bernard Marx
- B.
  
  Benito Hoover
- C.
  
  One of his students
- D.
  
  The principal of the school
2.

Why does the Director tell John that the citizens of the World State will not understand Othello?
- A.
  
  They no longer take literature classes in school.
- B.
  
  Othello is too old and the language and culture are too remote for them to understand.
- C.
  
  In order to have tragedy, one must have social instability.
- D.
  
  The story of Othello is too unpleasant, and they would not understand it because they would not make it to the end of the play.
3.

Mustapha Mond explains that "the optimum population...is modelled on the iceberg..." (Huxley 223). What does he mean?
- A.
  
  There can only be a few leaders to a majority of followers.
- B.
  
  Citizens should only know what little they need to know about their reality.
- C.
  
  If there is no social stability, society will dwindle like a melting iceberg until there is nothing left.
- D.
  
  Outsiders only see what is on the surface of their society, but in order to truly understand it, and appreciate it, you have to look deeper.
4.

Why does Mustapha Mond say that sending Bernard Marx to an island is more of a reward than a punishment?
- A.
  
  The islanders will recondition him so that he will be able to return to society and happily fit in.
- B.
  
  There are no rules on the island, and each person is free to live as they choose.
- C.
  
  The most interesting men and women in the world live there.
- D.
  
  The island is full of beautiful scenery, unlike anything they have in the World State.
5.

What book does Mustapha Mond show to John?
- A.
  
  The Holy Bible
- B.
  
  Beowulf
- C.
  
  Paradise Lost
- D.
  
  The Vanity of Human Wishes
6.

John expects that he will react to the World State like ____________ did to the island in The Tempest, but he actually turns out to be more like ___________.
- A.
  
  Prospero, Miranda
- B.
  
  Miranda, the savage
- C.
  
  The savage, Miranda
- D.
  
  Miranda, Prospero
7.

Who best serves as Bernard's foil?
- A.
  
  Lenina
- B.
  
  Benito
- C.
  
  The Controller
- D.
  
  Helmholtz
8.

What likely inspired Huxley's Brave New World?
- A.
  
  Dictators taking over as a result of fear, anger, and uncertainty.
- B.
  
  Hitler's invasions.
- C.
  
  The Easter Rising of 1916
- D.
  
  Working class resentment after WWII
9.

What is one thing Huxley satirizes in Brave New World?
- A.
  
  Nationalism and the British Commonwealth of Nations
- B.
  
  The British government's maltreatment of the native islanders.
- C.
  
  The Bloomsbury Group
- D.
  
  The depth of global depression
10.

Brave New World was published in __________.
- A.
  
  1932
- B.
  
  1929
- C.
  
  1923
- D.
  
  1941
11.

What appears to be Huxley's attitude towards communism?
- A.
  
  He feared it.
- B.
  
  He championed it.
- C.
  
  He believed it could benefit a society as long as the right leaders were in power.
- D.
  
  He had no opinion on communism.
12.

What was a common characteristic of writers during WWI.
- A.
  
  They were optimistic about the future.
- B.
  
  They mainly wrote pro-war propaganda.
- C.
  
  They shared a profound sense of disillusionment.
- D.
  
  They mainly wrote about the horrors of war.
13.

What genre is the novel, Brave New World?
- A.
  
  Dystopian
- B.
  
  Shilling Thriller
- C.
  
  Epistolary Novel
- D.
  
  Frame Narrative
14.

From what perspective does Huxley write?
- A.
  
  As one who is optimistic about the future after the end of the Great War.
- B.
  
  As one who has witnessed severe changes in society throughout his lifetime, and he fears that one day his society will be unrecognizable.
- C.
  
  As a champion of communism to help remedy the global depression.
- D.
  
  He wrote the novel as pro-war propaganda piece, to scare people of the possibility of dictatorship, and to urge Great Britain to go to war.
15.

How is the novel, Brave New World structured?
- A.
  
  Chronologically
- B.
  
  In media res
- C.
  
  Frame narrative
- D.
  
  Epistolary novel
16.

What does Ford symbolize in Brave New World?
- A.
  
  The advancement from cars to helicopters that they use for transportation.
- B.
  
  Huxley is satirizing Christianity, arguing that deities are irrelevant.
- C.
  
  The lead controller of the World State, Ford, is god-like, so Huxley is likening dictators to deities.
- D.
  
  Huxley deifies Ford to represent the citizens commendation of mass production and consumerism.
17.

What is the theme of Helmholtz's poem?"Yesterday's committee, Sticks, but a broken drum, Midnight in the City, Flutes in a vacuum, Shut lips, sleeping faces, Every stopped machine, The dumb and littered places Where crowds have been: … All silences rejoice, Weep (loudly or low), Speak–but with the voice Of whom, I do not know. Absence, say, of Susan's, Absence of Egeria's Arms and respective bosoms, Lips and, ah, posteriors, Slowly form a presence; Whose? and, I ask, of what So absurd an essence, That something, which is not, Nevertheless should populate Empty night more solidly Than that with which we copulate, Why should it seem so squalidly?
- A.
  
  Courage
- B.
  
  Solitude
- C.
  
  Acceptance
- D.
  
  Loyalty
18.

What is the tone of Helmholtz's poem?"Yesterday's committee, Sticks, but a broken drum, Midnight in the City, Flutes in a vacuum, Shut lips, sleeping faces, Every stopped machine, The dumb and littered places Where crowds have been: … All silences rejoice, Weep (loudly or low), Speak–but with the voice Of whom, I do not know. Absence, say, of Susan's, Absence of Egeria's Arms and respective bosoms, Lips and, ah, posteriors, Slowly form a presence; Whose? and, I ask, of what So absurd an essence, That something, which is not, Nevertheless should populate Empty night more solidly Than that with which we copulate, Why should it seem so squalidly?
- A.
  
  Elation
- B.
  
  Melancholy
- C.
  
  Caustic
- D.
  
  Mocking
19.

What is the meaning of the italicized text?"Yesterday's committee, Sticks, but a broken drum, Midnight in the City, Flutes in a vacuum, Shut lips, sleeping faces, Every stopped machine, The dumb and littered places Where crowds have been: … All silences rejoice, Weep (loudly or low), Speak–but with the voice Of whom, I do not know. Absence, say, of Susan's, Absence of Egeria's Arms and respective bosoms, Lips and, ah, posteriors, Slowly form a presence; Whose? and, I ask, of what So absurd an essence, That something, which is not, Nevertheless should populate Empty night more solidly Than that with which we copulate, Why should it seem so squalidly?
- A.
  
  The World State's culture seems absurd to him.
- B.
  
  An unknown presence makes Helmholtz feel as though having sex is dirty.
- C.
  
  The unknown essence that penetrates the night seems squalid.
- D.
  
  The empty night is populated with copulating couples.
20.

What type of rhyme does the poem use?"Yesterday's committee, Sticks, but a broken drum, Midnight in the City, Flutes in a vacuum, Shut lips, sleeping faces, Every stopped machine, The dumb and littered places Where crowds have been: … All silences rejoice, Weep (loudly or low), Speak–but with the voice Of whom, I do not know. Absence, say, of Susan's, Absence of Egeria's Arms and respective bosoms, Lips and, ah, posteriors, Slowly form a presence; Whose? and, I ask, of what So absurd an essence, That something, which is not, Nevertheless should populate Empty night more solidly Than that with which we copulate, Why should it seem so squalidly?
- A.
  
  End rhyme
- B.
  
  Internal rhyme
- C.
  
  Rich rhyme
- D.
  
  Identical rhyme