Q 01/05

In Brave New World, what are the 'feelies'?

A) Films with touch effects

B) Group bonding ceremonies

C) Live stage revues

D) Conditioning nurseries

Answer · why

A) Films with touch effects

Films with touch effects: Lenina is thrilled by the one she takes John to see, but he is appalled by it.

Q 02/05

The title Brave New World comes from a line in which play?

A) The Tempest

B) Hamlet

C) King Lear

D) Macbeth

Answer · why

A) The Tempest

The Tempest: Miranda says it on first seeing the shipwrecked visitors, and her father Prospero deflates her with ''Tis new to thee'.

Q 03/05

What is the French title of Brave New World, alluding to Leibniz via Voltaire's Candide?

A) Le Meilleur des mondes

B) Le Nouveau Monde

C) L'État mondial

D) La Cité future

Answer · why

A) Le Meilleur des mondes

Le Meilleur des mondes: Leibniz meant 'the best of all possible worlds' in earnest, before Voltaire's Candide turned it into mockery.

Q 04/05

Which 1954 Aldous Huxley book recounts his experiences of taking mescaline?

A) The Devils of Loudun

B) The Doors of Perception

C) The Perennial Philosophy

D) Ape and Essence

Answer · why

B) The Doors of Perception

The Doors of Perception: Jim Morrison took his band's name, the Doors, from the book's title.

Q 05/05

Huxley said Brave New World began as a parody of which H. G. Wells novel?

A) The Time Machine

B) Men Like Gods

C) The War of the Worlds

D) The Sleeper Awakes

Answer · why

B) Men Like Gods

Men Like Gods: Huxley said he set out to poke fun at Wells but got carried away by his own ideas.