Lord of the Flies

He believed that humans were "good" mainly because of social constraints.

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Paine

• Charles Dickens

• Richard Dawkins

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He believed that humans were born with the potential for goodness, and it was civilization that made us "bad."

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

• Benjamin Franklin

• Richard Dawkins

• Thomas Paine

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What worldwide event is taking place in Lord of the Flies but is happening "offstage."

• Nuclear war

• Alien invasion

• The Fourth Golden Age

• Ragnarök

• World War II

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The plot device of "civilized" characters dropped in the wild and adapting to their circumstances is known as a(n)

• Robinsonade

• Allegory

• Coming-of-age story

• Hatchet

• Gothic romance

What real-life world event gave the author, William Golding, a dark view of the human species.

• WWI

• WWII

• The Boer War

• King Leopold's genocide in the Belgium Congo

• The Vietnam War

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What did William Golding believe in regards to the crimes committed by Nazi Germany.

• The Germans were an especially bad group of people.

• If the historical conditions had been right, it could have been the English who committed the atrocities instead.

• The Americans should have entered the war earlier, perhaps reducing the effects of the Nazis.

• The Industrial Revolution was the real culprit, not Germany.

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The book uses what problematic symbols for "savagery."

• Face paint and spears

• Grass huts and bonfires

• Nuclear bombs and British school boys

• Pig heads and internal evil

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Which character has a mystic, saint-like quality to him, and is arguably the only truly "good" character in the book.

• Simon

• Ralph

• Piggy

• The boy with the mulberry birthmark on his face

• Piggy's aunt

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What are the children 6 years and younger collectively called?

• The ankle-biters

• The rugrats

• The runts

• The littluns

• The lit'l punters

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At the beginning of the novel, what quality does Jack claim makes him a natural leader.

• He can sing in C-sharp

• He's totally an alpha dog

• His dad is a military officer, so...

• He was quad leader in the dorms back at boarding school.

• Shut up, Piggy.

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