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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man in the coyote mask do to the young boy of about eighteen?

2. What does the leader of the dance get from the chest and throw from person to person?

3. Who do the necessary orders sent to to permit Linda and John to return to the 'other place?

4. What did Lenina hear one night when she awoke as a child which at first shocked her?

5. Who was Lenina going to the north pole with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Director indicate is the secret to being happy and virtuous?

2. What adjectives did John use to identify with Pope?

3. Describe the game of Centrifugal Bumble-puppy.

4. What does the Director say the babies will develop as related to flowers and books?

5. Why do you think Lenina takes so many tablets of soma when she returns to the rest house?

6. What horrifies Lenina about the Indian guide?

7. What does the Director say that a love of nature is for they lower castes?

8. How does Lenina feel when Bernard flushes when she brings up their New Mexico plans?

9. What were some of the things Linda told John about 'the other place'?

10. What has replaced the pursuit of knowledge by the end of chapter five?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss in a complete essay, using examples from the text, how the author uses foreshawdowing throughout the novel to develop the plot and content of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay, using information from the text and from your own personal experience, to address the statement posed by the controller that without misery, there is no need for religion, which is just another moral conditioning program.

Essay Topic 3

After his mother dies, John feels unwanted and alone. Write an essay explaining how and why John feels this way. Use information and specific details from the text to support your answer.

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