Compare Bernard's and Mond's attitudes toward knowledge and control.

• A. Bernard resents control and seeks personal significance within limits; Mond defends controlling knowledge to maintain stability and order.
• B. Bernard embraces total control; Mond fights for open information.
• C. Bernard seeks to overthrow the World State; Mond supports anarchy.
• D. Bernard ignores knowledge; Mond hates all rules.

Answer: (B)

The main idea being tested is how Bernard and Mond fundamentally differ in their views of knowledge and control within the World State. Bernard Marx is portrayed as someone who resents the tight control over individuality and truth, yet he still wants to be significant within the system's limits. He isn’t seeking to dismantle the society; he longs for personal worth and recognition while remaining within its constraints. Mustapha Mond, by contrast, is a World Controller who defends keeping knowledge and information under tight control. He argues that limiting what people know is essential to maintaining stability, happiness, and order in a highly engineered society.

So the best choice reflects that contrast: Bernard resents control and seeks personal significance within the system’s limits, while Mond defends controlling knowledge to preserve stability and order. The other descriptions don’t fit the characters’ true stances—Bernard does not embrace total control or overthrow the State, and Mond does not advocate open information or reject rules.