BNW -- CHAPTERS 1-6
1. What does D.H.C. stand for?
2. What is the Bokanovsky Process?
3. Why is Bokanovsky’s Process one of the major instruments of social stability?
4. There are Alphas, Betas,
,
,
.
5. What is done to people to make them like their inescapable social destiny?
6. What is the name of the deity/god in this book?
7. Why are the babies being conditioned to hate books and flowers?
8. How is the conditioning reinforced?
9. Which is one word that is now considered obscene?
10. What is soma?
11. What war was mentioned to have taken place in the year A.F. 141?
12. Bernard Marx is different from his associates in many ways. Which of these sentences DOES NOT
describe him?
A. He is an Alpha Plus, a member of the highest caste.
B. He is smaller that most of the others.
C. He has one steady girlfriend.
D. He dislikes the practices of society.
13. Why does Lenina want to go out with Bernard?
14. Why do you think Bernard is nervous at the end of Chapter 4?
15. Bernard asks Lenina if she would like to be
to do what she wants, and she says no.
16. Once on a Reservation, can one leave as they wish?
17. What information does the D.H.C. share with Bernard?
18. Where was Bernard afraid he would be sent?
19. In Brave New World, what does it mean to “act like an adult”? Are people expected to act this way?