Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Quiz and Answer Key Bundle

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this bundle of plot-based quizzes covering Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, a dystopian novel. These assessments may otherwise serve as guided reading handouts to facilitate active reading experiences. Answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a self-grading bundle option is available.) A breakdown of content follows:

Chapters 1 and 2 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Setting

• The World State motto

• How conformity is perpetuated

• Philosophies on maintaining a stable society

• The caste system

• The distinguishing characteristic of "freemartins"

• The objective of sleep teaching

• Techniques used to stunt intellectual development

• And more

Chapters 3 through 5 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Mustapha Mond

• Bernard Marx

• The friendship between Lenina and Fanny

• The name of an emotion-regulating drug

• Helmholtz Watson

• "Big Henry"

• The Solidarity Service

• And more

Chapters 6 through 8 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Interactions between Lenina and Bernard

• The Director's travelling to New Mexico

• Lenina's reaction to the ceremony she witnesses

• How Linda is perceived by others

• Interactions between John and Pope

• John's personal motivations

• Bernard's personal motivations

• And more

Chapters 9 through 11 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Lingering effects of the ceremony on Lenina

• Bernard's travels

• Bernard's motivations

• John's nosy behavior

• The Director's insults toward Bernard

• John's reaction to meeting the Director

• The crowd's reaction to watching the interaction between John and the Director

• A doctor's grim prognosis

• John's reaction to his tour

• John's appreciation of Shakespearean drama

• And more

Chapters 12 through 14 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Why partygoers are upset with Bernard

• How the partygoers express their dissatisfaction

• Helmholtz Watson's personal history

• Helmholtz Watson's comments about Shakespeare

• Mustapha Mond's motivations

• John's confession to Lenina

• Lenina's reaction to the topic of marriage

• John's erratic behavior

• The reason for John's visit to the hospital

• And more

Chapters 15 through 18 Quiz. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• John's behavior prior to his arrest

• John's confession to Mustapha Mond

• The Controller's comments about censorship

• Mustapha Mond's philosophy on an ideal society

• Mustapha Mond's personal history

• The cause of Bernard's emotional breakdown

• The contents of the Controller's safe

• The most important right from John's perspective

• Where John will be isolated

• John's fate

• And more

Materials are available for a range of dystopian and science fiction texts:

• Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card - Google and printable

• Feed by M.T. Anderson - Google and printable

• Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer - Google and printable

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - Google and printable

• The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells - Google and printable

• The Works of Ray Bradbury - Google and printable