Chapter One study Guide questions

1. What is the World State's motto?-The world states motto is community, identity, and stability.

2. What is the first stop on the DHC's tour?-The first stop on the DHC tour is the fertilizing room.

3. What does DHC stand for?-DHC stands for Director of Hatchery and Conditioning.

4. Society is not made up of philosophers. What type of people make up the backbone of society?-Stamp collectors make up the backbone of society.

5. The year is A.F. 632. What does the A.F. stand for?-A.F. stands for after ford.

6. What is the Bokanovsky process?- Bokanovsky process is a process that involves letting the egg 'bud' and creates up to ninety-six embryos from each bud, each of which will grow into a human being.

7. How many people can bud from a single egg?-Ninety six people can bud from a single egg.

8. What does the term viviparous mean?-The term viviparous means producing live young within the body.

9. Why is the Bokanovsky Process good for society?-It is good for society because it is one of the major instruments in social stability according to the director.

10. Where is the second, third and fourth stops on the tour?-The second stop on the tour is the bottling room, the third stop is the social predestination room, and the fourth stop is the conditioning room.

11. How are the embryos like photographs?-The embryos go through stages to develop like photographs do and they can only stand red light like photographs can.

12. How long does it take to make a baby?-It takes more than thirty six hours to make a baby.

13. What percentage of the females are fertile?-Thirty percent of the females are fertile.

14. What is odd about Freemartins?-Freemartins are genderless created embryos.

15. How do they dummy down the babies in the embryo store?-Babies are dummied down in the embryo store through lack of oxygen exposure.

16. How old is a horse when it is physically mature?-A horse is physically mature when it reaches six years.

17. What is research and development working on?-Research and development is working on making people mature faster.

18. What has Pilkington in Mombasa achieved?-Pilkington in Mombasa has achieved production of individuals who are mature at four and full grown at six and a half.

19. What is the fifth stop on the tour?-The fifth stop on the tour is the decanting room.

20. How is social stability in the conditioning room area achieved?-Social stability in the conditioning room is achieved through circulation changes, typhoid, and sleeping sickness injections

Study Guide questions for Chapter 2

1. How do they condition Delta babies to be disconnected from nature and literature?-They condition delta babies through loud, violent explosions, alarm bells and sirens, and the floor is electrified.

2. What did little Rueben learn in his sleep?-Little Rueben learns a radio broadcast word for word in his sleep.

3. What is hypnophadia?-Hypnopaedia is sleep-teaching.

4. How do they use hypnophadia to help separate class from class?-They use it to separate classes by basically telling them about how the classes are separate and not equal in there sleep.