the name of the process that allows the Hatchery to produce many clones from a single egg
What is The Bokanovsky Process
100
Son of Linda and Director.
Who is John
100
What does "physico-chemically equal" mean?
meaning that, in this case, human beings are seen as being the same when it comes to how their bodies are built (DNA)
100
What is the name of the Director's lost lady friend?
What is Linda
100
What does A.F. stand for?
What is After Ford
200
The term for birth in the hatchery
What is Decanting
200
A vacation worker at the Central London hatchery
Who is Lenina Crowne
200
What item replaced the idea of "parent," particularly "mother," in this society?
What is the "bottles" embryos are grown in;
remember during chapter 4 when Lenina and Henry go out to dance, one of the songs that plays is "Bottle of Mine"
200
Which character is portrayed as slightly ostracized due to his intelligence and versatility?
What is Helmholtz Watson
200
What city is this book set in?
What is London
300
How does the Solidarity Service end?
What is an orgy
300
The resident World Controller of Western Europe
Who is Mustapha Mond
300
What is "blood surrogate" for?
What is blood surrogate feeds the embryos when they are in their bottles; it is nutrient rich and can be doctored with substances like alcohol to help predestin who the embryo will eventually become
300
Which character is described as "a man of middle height, black-haired, with a hooked nose, full red lips, eyes very piercing and dark?"
What is Mustapha Mond
300
How many World Controllers are there in this society?
What is There are 10 World Controllers.
400
New Mexico
What is the location of the Savage Reservation
400
One of Lenina's many lovers
Who is Henry Foster
400
What is "Malthusian drill?"
What is the process fertile women in this society must follow to avoid getting pregnant
400
Who is the Goddess of Hearth and Home?
What is HESTIA
400
When was Brave New World first published?
What is 1932
500
the purpose of the religious ritual performed by the Savages
What is to bring rain
500
Administrates the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre.
Who is the Director
500
What exactly does D.H.C. stand for?
What is Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning
500
Consider Lenina's reaction to the Savage Reservation. Would most others from her society see her as non-conforming, naive, or misanthropic?
What is She clearly isn't non-conforming (rebellious) because she buys into the ideals of cleanliness valued in her society (which are completely absent at the reservation).
500
What word best describes the political system of the society in the book? Explain why.
What is autocratic
This word best fits the type of political system this society has because the whole society is basically controlled by a select few people. The World Controllers are the only people who have any political power, and they make the decisions for everyone else.