Brave New World Chapter 2 Quiz

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Which rooms do the students visit first in this chapter?

Infant Nurseries; Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning

What do Deltas wear?

Khaki

What happens as the children crawl toward the pretty flowers and the books?

The roses flamed up with excitement, and when the children reached the books, the Head Nurse turned on a very loud alarm and electrically shocked the babies.

How do the children react to the books and flowers when they are offered to them again?

They shrink down in horror and start screaming. Signup and view all the answers

Why does this society want to make the lower castes afraid of books?

It would waste the community's time if they read books and there was a risk of them reading something that might undesirably decondition one of their reflexes. Signup and view all the answers

Why does society want to make the lower classes hate nature?

Loving nature doesn't keep factories busy. And if they make the children scream at the sight of a rose, it is on the grounds of high economic policy. Signup and view all the answers

Why, however, do they want the lower classes to like country sports?

Because they see to it that country sports entail the use of elaborate apparatus, so they consumed manufactured articles as well as transport. Signup and view all the answers

What weird thing happened with the boy Reuben Rabinovitch?

His parents had happened to leave the radio on in his room one night and when he was sleeping, a long lecture played on the radio. When he woke up, he kept repeating the lecture word for word. Signup and view all the answers

What technique did this boy help discover?

Hypnopedia (sleep teaching) Signup and view all the answers

What sign did the director make on his stomach?

The sign of a T Signup and view all the answers

They discovered that intellectual education wasn't possible through hypnopedia, but what kind of education is possible through hypnopedia?

Moral education Signup and view all the answers

What were the two lessons the children had so far this afternoon?

Elementary Sex and Elementary Class Consciousness Signup and view all the answers

Explain the class consciousness education.

There are eighty children sleeping in cots aligning the walls. Each child has a recorder under its pillow repeating a paragraph about how they are glad they are betas, and they point out a disadvantage they would have if they were in any other caste. For thirty months straight, three times a week, that recording is repeated to them 120 times. After the thirty months is up they move to a more advanced lesson. Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Chapter 2 Summary of Key Points

First visit for the students: Infant Nurseries featuring Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning.

Delta Characteristics

Deltas are identified by their khaki uniforms.

Neo-Pavlovian Conditioning

Children are conditioned to associate flowers with negative stimuli; crawling towards flowers results in loud alarms and electric shocks when they reach books.

Reaction to Conditioning

Children exhibit fear and horror at the sight of books and flowers after conditioning, leading to screams.

Society's Fear of Books

Lower castes are conditioned to fear books to prevent time wastage on reading, mitigating the risk of challenging their conditioned behaviors.

Nature vs. Industry

Society discourages love for nature to ensure continuous factory work; children are conditioned to scream at the sight of a rose for economic controls.

Acceptance of Sports

Lower classes are encouraged to participate in country sports that require manufactured equipment, promoting consumption and transportation.

Reuben Rabinovitch's Incident

Reuben repeats a lecture verbatim after listening to it on the radio while asleep, demonstrating a form of unintended learning.

Discovery of Hypnopedia

Hypnopedia, or sleep teaching, is discovered, showing that moral education can be imparted through this technique, despite its ineffectiveness for intellectual education.

Afternoon Lessons

Children receive lessons in "Elementary Sex" and "Elementary Class Consciousness" during their education.

Class Consciousness Education Method

Eighty children are subjected to a rigorous hypnopedic regime, listening to recorded lessons about their caste status, reinforcing contentment with being a beta, including disadvantages of other castes, repeated 120 times over thirty months.

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Test your knowledge of Chapter 2 of 'Brave New World' with these flashcards. This quiz covers key concepts such as the setting of the Infant Nurseries and the attire of the Deltas. Challenge yourself and see how well you understand the themes and details presented in this chapter.