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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 Linda call herself when she sees the DHC for the first time?

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

3. What do the people who come to stare at John chant they want to see?

4. What does Helmholtz call Shakespeare?

5. What does John do with his Shakespeare book after Helmholtz bursts into laughter over some of the writing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Helmholtz do as he presses his way through the crowd?

2. What was the feelies about which Lenina and John watched together?

3. Why does John push Lenina away when she kisses him?

4. What do the metal knobs on the chairs at the feelies do?

5. Describe the difference between murder and what Bernard has done as described by the director.

6. What question does Helmholtz wonder how it made people who read Shakespeare's work excited?

7. What does the controller admit to John, Bernard and Helmholtz in relation to books?

8. Describe how Lenina feels when she leaves the party with the Arch-community-songster.

9. What has the new civilization eliminated, which the controller then indicates requires no need for religion?

10. Describe how the director responds to Linda and John.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a essay describing John's views on sexual values. Include in your essay the basis of John's values when he first arrives in the civilization and how this changes throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing in what way John's whipping is a sign of his wanting to repent. Include in your essay what John is repenting for as well as specific examples to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Describe, using specific examples from the novel, how the character of Bernard could be described accurately as a coward.

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