A Clockwork Orange Study Guide

1. What does F. Alexander believe the loss of free will turns a human into?

• "A deterministic date"
• "A predestined pear"
• "A clockwork orange"
• "A robotic raisin"

2. What is the first sentence of the book, later repeated at strategic moments?

• "'Ultra-violence, ultra-violence'"
• "'What will happen to me?'"
• "'What's it going to be then, eh?'"
• "'O my brothers'"

3. Whose wife does Alex rape in Part One?

• P.R. Deltoid's
• Dr. Brodsky's
• F. Alexander's
• The Minister of the Interior's

4. What drink do Alex and his gang mix drugs into?

• Beer
• Milk
• Water
• Orange juice

5. What is Alex's favorite musical piece?

• Bob Dylan's "Girl From the North Country"
• Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
• The Clash's "White Man in Hammersmith Palais"
• Bach's Cantatas

6. What is Alex's weapon of choice?

• A razor
• A bat
• A club
• A knife

7. Who in Alex's gang becomes a policeman?

• Pete
• Georgie
• Billyboy
• Dim

8. Who in Alex's gang dies?

• Pete
• Georgie
• Billyboy
• Dim

9. Who in Alex's gang marries?

• Pete
• Georgie
• Billyboy
• Dim

10. Who is the leader of a rival gang?

• Pete
• Georgie
• Billyboy
• Dim