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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 type of play does one boy, who will now have to see the Assistant Superintendent of Psychology, refuse to do?

2. Of what caste level was the girl who the director took to the savage reservation?

3. Where did Lenina and Bernard finally go on their first date?

4. When John was fifteen what skill was taught to him?

5. How does Bernard feel at the end of chapter five?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of behavior does the director accuse Bernard of displaying?

3. What does Henry remark as he and Lenina overlook the crematorium?

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

5. Why are Lenina and Bernard surprised by John?

6. What does Bernard say after he refuses the soma raspberry sundae Lenina offers him?

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

8. Why do you believe the Embryo store is found in the basement?

9. What does Helmholtz tell Bernard the DHC made public while he was away?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing how many of the characters of this novel are as imprisoned as the savages are on the reservation.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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