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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word describes how John felt about the feelies?
(a) Disliked
(b) Frightened
(c) Ignored
(d) Liked

2. Which of the following is not one of the areas the controller says that God isn't compatible with?
(a) Universal happiness
(b) Love
(c) Machinery
(d) Medicine

3. What does Helmholtz call Shakespeare?
(a) Propaganda technician
(b) Great writer
(c) Lover
(d) Poet

4. What do John, Helmholtz and Bernard often do together?
(a) Make fun of others
(b) Read from Shakespeare
(c) Take soma
(d) Write poetry

5. Which of the following best describes how Mustapha Mond responds to John's request for the inconveniences of life?
(a) He cannot be miserable
(b) He cannot have them
(c) He is welcome to them
(d) He must go live with Helmholtz

6. Where does Lenina take John?
(a) To the helicopter factory
(b) Back to the reservation
(c) To the feelies
(d) To the Eton school

7. According to the director, what has Bernard attacked?
(a) Society itself
(b) Henry Foster
(c) The DHC
(d) An individual

8. What kind of treatment causes the person to feel empty and experience nausea?
(a) Reservation treatment
(b) Fertilization treatment
(c) Soma treatment
(d) Violent passion surrogate treatment

9. What analogy does the controller use to describe the optimum population?
(a) An iceberg
(b) Soma
(c) The human body
(d) Island of Cypress

10. What does Linda announce that causes everyone to fall silent?
(a) She loved him
(b) He is her only one
(c) He made her have a baby
(d) He loved her

11. Where does John move?
(a) An island alone
(b) The reservation
(c) Bernard's apartment
(d) An old lighthouse

12. What amazes the nurse who is caring for John's mother?
(a) That he puts such importance on a single person
(b) That he is actually her child
(c) That he is as young as he is
(d) That he bothers to come to visit his mother

13. Which character has the closest bond with John in this chapter?
(a) Lenina
(b) Helmholtz
(c) Linda
(d) Bernard

14. What does John say poisoned him?
(a) Wickedness
(b) Water
(c) Mustard
(d) Civilization

15. What are the water pistols filled with the police use to help calm the crowd?
(a) Soma vapor
(b) Anesthetic
(c) Soma
(d) Water

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the director accuse Bernard of doing?

2. Which of the following phrases does John call Lenina after he pushes her away?

3. In what name did John throw out the soma?

4. What are the twins doing in his mother's hospital room?

5. What happens to the director at the end of this chapter?

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