Chapter 5
1. In what type of housing are the lower castes? How are Alphas and Betas housed?
For the lower castes there is a huge barracks, and just on the other side of the wall, there are actual houses that are reserved for Alphas and Betas.
2. What is done with the dead in the New World?
The bodies are cremated.
3. How does Lenina demonstrate that her childhood conditioning has been effective?
She shows that it was effective because she mentions multiple times that everyone lower than her (Alpha) is ineffective and worthless.
4. What does Lenina ask Henry about as she is getting ready to sleep with him?
Lenina asks where to get the “lovely green morocco-surrogate cartridge belt. Although it’s not because she wanted to know, it’s because Fanny Crowne wants to know.
5. When must Bernard attend his Solidarity meetings?
He attends his meetings alternating Thursdays.
6. How many people are in each Solidarity Group? How are they seated?
There are 12 people per group, they are all seated at one large table and they rotate between men and women. WMWMWMWMWMWM.
7. Why is Bernard unhappy about sitting next to Morgana Rothschild?
Bernard was unhappy about the fact that he had to sit next to Morgana because he was embarrassed that he hadn’t played anything, and then it went into awkward silence.
8. What ritual is performed during the First Solidarity Hymn?
The president makes a sign of a “T” to signify the first vehicle created by Henry ford, called the Model T.
9. How does the Solidarity Group meeting end?
The meeting ends with a song and people dancing.
10. How does Bernard feel after the meeting?
Bernard still feels left out and kind of out of place. He was as miserable at the end of the meeting as he was before it started.
Chapter 6
1. To what does Henry Foster compare Bernard?
Henry says that Bernard hasn’t been conditioned and is a rhinoceros.
2. What does Bernard want Lenina to do on their first afternoon together?
Bernard wants to take Lenina down to the Lake District and talk and walk with each other… alone…. with nobody else around.
3. When Bernard and Lenina meet her friends in Amsterdam, how does he behave?
Bernard just sits at the ice cream bar being upset and everything. He is so upset, he even refuses to take soma.
4. How does Bernard frighten Lenina during their return over the Channel?
Bernard frightens Lenina by going close to the dark waves of the Channel and then turning off the engine so he can hover quietly above them without them noticing.
5. What is the Director’s attitude toward Bernard’s trip to the Reservation?
The director doesn’t want to let Bernard go on his trip, but he has to because he cannot go against Mustapha Mond..
6. What does the Director sometimes dream about regarding his experience at the Reservation?
The director in regards to the Reservation, might sometime dream about a thought that he had. That thought being him not being able to find the girl he took to the Reservation.
7. How does the Director threaten Bernard for his reported behavior?
The Director told Bernard that if there are any more reports he will exile Bernard to Iceland.
8. What are Bernard’s only thoughts during the Warden’s lecture?
The only thing Bernard can think about during the lecture is calling Helmholtz Watson, asking him to turn off the cologne tap in his apartment because its costly.
9. How does Bernard react when he hears the Director has made good on his threat of exile?
Bernard gets very mad when he hears this news, he then begins plotting ideas of revenge.
10. How does the Gamma pilot refer to the Savages and the Reservation? What word does he keep using?
The Gamma pilot refers to almost everything as funny. He thinks the Reservation is funny, including the dead animals that lay around. The Gamma pilot also says that says the Savages are “tame but funny”.
Chapter 7
1. Why doesn’t Lenina like the Indian guide?
The indian guide doesn’t really say much and it also smells bad according to Lenina
2. To what does Lenina compare the top of the mesa?
It reminds her of the view that you see from the Charing T Tower
3. What shocks Lenina about the old man?
Lenina is shocked by the sagging of his skin and also his wrinkles. Lenina has never seen real signs of someone aging.
4. How does Bernard try to appear strong and brave?
Bernard doesn’t follow the rules when it comes to only talking about certain things. He talks about babies, mothers, birth.. Really anything. It appears he isn’t afraid of the rules against speaking of those.
5. Of what do the drums remind Lenina?
The drums remind Lenina of the same beats that were used in Solidarity, more specifically in the orgy.
6. How does the new Savage appear different?
The new Savage is different in some ways, he speaks to them but the way he speaks is strange to them. In addition to that, he also has blonde hair and blue eyes.
7. What about Lenina fascinates the blonde Indian?
The Indian man is fascinated by Lenina because she is beautiful, well dressed and is clean.
8. Why is Bernard so excited with the answers the Savage gives to his questions?
Bernard gets so excited with the answers that he is getting because it made him realize that this is the director’s son.. Which means now he has some leverage when it comes to revenge on the director.
9. Why was Linda segregated and shunned by the rest of the pueblo?
She was segregated and shunned because she had many sexual partners and she didn’t use the drugs from the indians properly.
10. What can the reader infer Linda hopes will happen now?
Linda might hope that she sees Bernard and Lenina, hoping they can save her and take her elsewhere.
Chapter 8
1. What is one of John’s earliest memories?
One of John’s earliest memories is being locked out of Linda’s room so pope and her can have sex.
2. What do the women do to Linda in the weaving room? Why?
The women yell and scream at Linda and chase her out. They do this because she had torn some threads.
3. How do the women punish Linda for her promiscuity?
The women punish Linda way to harsh and in my opinion uncalled for. What happens is the women force entry into Linda’s house, tie her down on the bed and then proceed to beat her up.
4. When John calls Linda “Mother,” what does she do? What does he always call her after that?
Linda doesn’t like being called mother, she Slaps John when he calls her that. From that point on John just refers to Linda as Linda
5. Why does John often turn to the old men of the tribe?
The old men often go to John to explain things because most of the time its too complicated for Linda to understand.
6. Why is John always in ragged clothes? What is his solace?
John is always in ragged, dirty and messy clothes because Linda doesn’t know how to do wash. John’s coping mechanism that he uses to avoid the fact that he looks like this is reading books.
7. What book does Popé bring for John?
He brings an old copy of a book filled with Shakespeare’s plays.
8. What does Mitsima teach John?
Mitsima teaches John how to make more visually appealing pottery and also makes a promise to teach him how to make a bow.
9. What does John do when he is denied the initiation rite?
When John is denied the initiation rite he travels to the Mesa, sits down staring at the Moon resting in the sky and creates his own Initiation rite
10. When Bernard offers to take John to London, what does John ask?
John tells Bernard that he wants Linda to come as well.