William Golding

Where is William Golding from?

• USA

• Russia

• France

• England

In which war did William Golding serve in the Navy?

• World War I

• World War II

• American Revolution

• Russo-Japanese War

His experiences in war changed his views of ________

• human nature and civilization

• society and marriage

• war

• love and hate

Where do the boys find themselves in his novel, Lord of the Flies?

• an island

• a boarding school

• the forest

• in the woods

"Before the second World War, I believed in the perfectibility of social man...but after the war I did not because I was unable to.  I had discovered what one man could do to another." This shows that Golding,

• lost his faith in humanity after the war.

• believes that everyone is capable of love.

• feels that man is naturally good.

• believes that war causes corruption.

In the beginning of the novel, Golding describes the island as _______ but by the end it becomes _______.

• disturbing, beautiful

• a paradise, a menacing place

• a tropical oasis, a resort for families

• an uninhabited place, a war zone

a device which uses characters, events, & elements of a story as symbols to represent something else.

• allegory

• parralel structure

• biography

• science fiction

One major theme of LOTF is "an attempt to trace the defects of _______ back to the defects of ______.

• society, human nature

• human beings, society

• war, human nature

• society, war strategies

When did Golding publish, Lord of the Flies?

• 1954

• 1950

• 1948

• 1951

Golding believed that without laws and consequences people would

• behave morally, and remain good and civilized

• become uncivilized and violent

• remain pure and honest

• not change at all