What is Bokanovsky's Process?

• A. It is a ritual dance
• B. One egg can multiply to 96 buds - all identical
• C. It is a medical treatment for infertility
• D. It is a method of energy production

Answer: (B)

Bokanovsky's Process is a fictional technology in Brave New World that describes taking one fertilized egg and deliberately splitting it to create many embryos, producing many genetically identical individuals—about 96 buds. This mass production of identical humans is what lets the World State maintain strict social control: a large, uniform population that can fill predetermined roles, with little genetic variation to disrupt the caste system or stability. So the description that one egg can multiply into many identical buds best captures the idea behind the process. It’s not a ritual dance, nor a medical treatment for infertility, nor a method of energy production.