Lord of the Flies Quiz

What sets the tone for the book?

• the scar in the jungle

• the conch in the water

• the disorderly appearance of the boys

• the out-of-control fire

Almost immediately the boys start letting go of society. We see this when they:

• begin to build huts

• pick on Piggy

• take off their clothes

• stand on their hands

Golding sets an ominous tone and seems to foreshadow something bad the day Simon is murdered. Golding does so by:

• the pigs head on a stick

• Simon passes out

• the approaching storm

• the conch looks fragile

Golding wrote that when Roger pushed on the lever that caused the boulder roll onto Piggy that Roger was filled with “a sense of delirious abandonment” as he “leaned all his weight on the lever”. What exactly had Roger “deliriously” abandoned?

• the signal fire

• friendship

• society

• the choir

Golding wrote Lord of the Flies as an attempt to prove that man needs society to ensure positive behavior because

• man is innocent and needs guidance.

• man is inherently evil

• society is more exciting

• life needs structure

Jack's wanting to be called Merridew instead of Jack supports which theme?

• Loss of Innocence

• Innate Evil of Man

• Loss of Identity

• Power

While watching Henry playing on the beach, Roger does not hit him with the rocks because:

• Roger likes Henry

• the wind is blowing too strongly

• Jack wants to go hunting

• civilization still governs Roger

Jack is not the only character with the desire for Power. This is demonstrated by:

• the boys' struggle to control the fire

• Henry's desire to torture the sea creatures on the beach

• Percival's beating the snake

• Piggy's counting the littluns

______ represents democracy.

• Piggy

• the Lord of the Flies

• the conch

• the fire

Ralph's number one concern is

• the littluns

• the fire

• Piggy

• Jack