Characters
Terminology
Civilized Sayings
John Savage
Potpourri
100
This character has a humiliating past that is revealed by Bernard.
Who is the D.H.C.?
100
This is the process by which a normal human egg is made to produce many identical eggs.
What is Bokanovsky's Process?
100
This saying encourages people to throw away old things rather than trying to fix them, then replace them with new items.
What is "Ending is better than mending?"
100

John's mother spends most of her time back at the World State doing this

What is taking soma?

100
What are Delta children conditioned to hate?
What are books and flowers?
200

This character has the D.H.C.'s child viviparously on the reservation

Who is Linda?

200

A drug taken by almost all members of society in order to avoid any unpleasantness.

What is soma?

200
This is what John calls soma

What is "that horrible poison"?

200
What is the focus of John's outburst towards the end of the novel?
Daily soma distribution to Deltas.
200
In which American state is the Savage Reservation located?
What is New Mexico?
300
This character works at the College of Emotional Engineering.
Who is Helmholtz Watson?
300
A technique by which certain social standards are taught while a child sleeps.
What is hypnopaedia?
300
This popular saying encourages promiscuity and discourages exclusive romantic relationships.
What is "Everyone belongs to everyone else?"
300
What does John do in chapter 12 to embarrass and irritate Bernard?
Locks himself in his room during one of Bernard's parties.
300
What is the term for "birth" in Brave New World?
What is "decanting"?
400

Along with Helmholtz, this character is exiled from Central London because he doesn't fit within World State parameters

Who is Bernard Marx?

400
The term for God in the novel.
What is "Ford"?
400

This character stated: “But that’s the price we pay for stability. You’ve got to choose between happiness and what people used to call high art.”

Who is Mustafa Mond?

400

A symbol of atonement (repenting for one’s sins)

What is John's whip?

400

This was a failed attempt at an island of alphas

What is the Cyprus Experiment?

500

This character owns a Bible and other old books otherwise banned from the World State

Who is Mustafa Mond?

500

Psychological equivalent of fear and rage

What is VPS?

500

John says this to Mond when he says he wants to have a life that includes the full range of human passions.

What is "I claim them all"?

500

John repeatedly refers to Lenina with this Shakespearean term for a loose woman.

What is "strumpet"?

500

A hospital in the World State is called...

What is the Adult Reconditioning/Death Center?

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