Brave New World 1-8
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nshelly123 on February 7, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 where do bernard, henry, and lenina work? | the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre |
| what is the year | 632 AF |
| what does AF stand for | after Ford |
| what are the 5 castes? | alpha, beta, gamma, delta, and epsilon |
| what is the process called that shocks an egg to produce 96-identical embryos? | Bokanovsky Process |
| what is the motto of the world state? | community identity, stability |
| what technique speeds up the ripening of eggs? | Podsnap's Technique |
| what is the average production rate of offspring, and how many batches in the Podsnap's technique? | 15000 offspring in 50 batches |
| what is the gestation period of a human fetus? | 267 days |
| what is lenina crownes job? | immunize the fetuses destined for the tropics with vaccinations for typhoid and sleeping sickness |
| what caste are the babies the students see? | delta |
| what color is delta? | khaki |
| who was used as an experiment for hypnoepedia? | Reuben |
| what ethnicity was he? | polish |
| what show did he (the hypnoepedia experiment boy) listen to? | George Bernard Shaw |
| what is the game the children play | centrifugal bumble-puppy |
| who is their resident controller for western Europe? | mustapha mond |
| what did they believe strong emotion led to? | instability that led to disease, war, and social unrest |
| when were all the books destroyed? | AF 150 |
| how long was the war mentioned in the book? | 9 years |
| what is a malthusian blet? | a contraceptive holder |
| what caste is bernard marx? | alpha-plus |
| Helmholtz works with... | emotion |
| what is collected from human corpses? | phosphorous |
| what is it (collected from human corpses) used for? | fertilizer |
| what do the indian services remind lenina of? | Solidarity Services and Ford's Day celebrations |
| what is the directors name? | thomas (tomakin) |
| who was linda's lover? | pope |
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