Brave New World: Final Test Study Guide
Final Test Part I:
Know the following terms:
 World Nation
 New Mexico Reservation
 Caste System: Alpha, Delta, Epsilon
 Soma
 Feely
 Freemartin
 Obstacle Golf
 College of Emotional Engineering (Department of Writing)
 Department of Hatcheries and Conditioning: Hypnopaedia, Bokanovsky Process, erotic play,
electrocution for books and flowers
 Mother
 Birth
 “Orgy Porgy”
 Epigraph
 Henry Ford
 The Tempest Allusion and connection to book title
 Style, Form, and Structure: Utopia and dystopia, humor, irony
 Point of View
 Shakespeare
Know the following characters:
 Bernard Marx
 Henry Foster
 Mustopha Mond- “History is bunk.”
 Lenina Crowne
 Fanny Crowne
 Helmoltz Watson
 John- The Savage
 Linda
 Pope
 Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning- John
 Darwin Bonaparte
Know context information about both the book and Aldous Huxley. See the bulletin board posters for all
pertinent information.
Final Test Part II
The Second Part of your test will involve answering short answer questions and two essay questions. You
should know basic plot and climactic scenes that help to illustrate major themes, big ideas, or concepts in the
book. Be prepared to answer questions with textual support and in-depth analysis. Not only prove to me that
you read the book and know the book; but, moreover, prove to me that you’ve thought deeply about the book
and Huxley’s prophetic creation.