Lord of the Flies Test Review

The author is Lord of the Flies is _________.

• Rudyard Kipling

• William Golding

• Ted Hughes

• Aldous Huxley

William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies was first published in what year?

• 1928

• 1900

• 1978

• 1954

The author chose which point of for this novel?

• third person omniscient

• first person

• third person with omniscience limited to Jack

• second person

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

In a variety of ways the novel is a response to

• the murder of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics

• the savagery of trench warfare during World War I

• actual events on an island in the Indian Ocean

• the advent of nuclear technology

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

______ is the first boy mentioned in the novel.

What is the area of destruction left by the crashing plane referred to in the novel as?

• "the scar"

• "the checkpoint"

• "the crash site"

• "Narnia"

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does it mean to be “taken short”?

• to tackle someone around the knees

• to forget one’s thoughts in the middle of speaking

• to be rudely interrupted

• to suffer an attack of gastrointestinal distress

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Piggy's real name is _______

• Robert Abercrombie

• It is never mentioned.

• Severus Snape

• Richard

Ralph's initial attitude towards Piggy is ___________

• overtly hostile

• accepting

• antagonistic

• indifferent

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.9

Ralph’s thoughts while he is unable to focus on a single idea are compared to?

• a flapping curtain

• a burrowing shrew

• a galloping pony

• a buzzing gnat

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4