Lord of the Flies Comprehensive Test

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True/False- Mark A for True and B for False. 1. When Ralph is elected chief, Jack is so frustrated that he refuses to hunt. 2. Ralph starts the signal fire by rubbing two sticks together. 3. The signal fire goes out because Jack and the hunters neglect it. 4. A wild boar eats the littlun who has a mulberry-colored birthmark on his face. 5. Piggys parents will come find them. 6. The conch provides a symbol for authority that the boys recognize as civilized. 7. The main source of food on the island is food scavenged from the wreckage of the airplane. 8. The boys murder Simon because they think that he is batty. 9. Piggy is not afraid of Jack because he knows that SamnEric will protect him. 10. Ralph and Jack initially had a mutual respect for each other that diminished by the end of the book. Match the following descriptions with the choices given (A-E) a. Ralph b. Piggy c. Jack d. Simon e. Roger 11. dies when a rock falls on him 12. the elected leader of the group 13. the most evil character; kills Piggy 14. puts his own lust for hunting ahead of everyone elses needs 15. sees people for what they really are 16. represents the power-hungry dictator in society 17. represents the mystic philosophers in society 18. represents the good-hearted rule-following leaders in society 19. represents the evil sadist figures in society 20. represents the scholars in a society Multiple Choice 21. The boys are on the island because a. their ship sunk b. they will be safe from the war there c. their plane was shot down d. they were on vacation 22. The boy with the mulberry birthmark who was fearful of the snake-thing a. disappears b. was Simon c. later becomes one of the bravest boys d. refuses to eat the meat Jack provides

23. The conch shell becomes a symbol of a. freedom b. authority c. tyranny d. death e. food 24. Jack changes from a civilized schoolboy to a(n) a. insane butcher obsessed with murdering his way to power b. a sadist obsessed with torture c. a clever tyrant obsessed with creating a new form of government d. a savage obsessed with hunting 25. Which boy suggests, Well have rules! Lots of rules!? a. Jack b. Simon c. Piggy d. Roger 26. Simon recognizes that the beast a. lives in the sea b. lives on the mountain c. is within each of them d. is stalking them at night 27. In the early part of the novel, a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins prevents a. Roger from hitting Henry with rocks b. Piggy from carrying wood to the fire c. Jack from killing the first pig d. Simon from pushing over the pigs head on the stick 28. The bodies of Simon and Piggy are a. buried under Castle Rock b. left as an offering for the beast c. washed out to sea d. carried to the top of the mountain 29. The only boy who does not participate in murder is a. Piggy b. Simon c. Ralph d. Roger

30. Who starts the fire that ironically brings rescue? a. Roger b. Jack c. Ralph d. Simon e. Piggy 31. When Robert suggests that the game needs a real pig because youve got to kill him, what does Jack suggest using? a. a dead pig b. a dummy c. a littlun d. Simon 32. Simons death represents the death of a. poetry and imagination b. law and order c. reason and common sense d. democracy and freedom e. love 33. Jack impales the sows head on a stick a. as a warning to Ralph b. to awe his followers c. to establish himself as chief d. as a gift for the beast e. to freak Simon out 34. While staring at the severed pigs head, Simon has a mystical experience that reveals to him that the beast is a. on the mountain top b. a creature that the boys can hunt and kill c. a creature from the sea d. the evil within the human heart and mind 35. Roger is unable to throw rocks directly at the littlun on the beach because a. the laws of civilization restrain him b. he is afraid of what Ralph will do c. the littlun is partially hidden by a sandy white wall d. Ralph is watching him too closely.

36. Piggys auntie owns a a. factory b. bakery c. private school d. dress shop e. candy store 37. What functions does the fire serve? a. warmth b. cooks food c. a,b,d d. sends a rescue signal e. a and b 38. Piggy suffers from a. chronic diarrhea b. fatigue c. hearing impairment d. asthma e. congenital heart defect 39. The destruction of the conch symbolizes what? a. the destruction of peace b. the destruction of law and order c. the destruction of democracy d. both a and c e. both b and c 40. The naval officers comment about the boys fun and games is an example of a. foreshadowing b. symbolism c. irony d. conflict 41. The inhumanity of this fictional society is seen in its treatment of the a. parachutist b. littluns c. boy with the mulberry birthmark d. naval officer 42. The Lord of the Flies is a symbol of a. internal human evil b. death c. hope d. war

43. For Jacks tribe, the need for meat becomes secondary to the a. need for security b. lust to kill c. need for a fort d. desire to stay together 44. The reenactment of the pig hunt in which Robert is hurt foreshadows a. Piggys death b. The hunt for Ralph c. The rescue d. Simons death Sequential Order-put the following events in order by sequence (A happened first, B happened second, C happened third, D happened fourth, and E happened last.) 45. A parachute drags a body out to sea. 46. A small boy with a birthmark goes missing. 47. Ralph is elected leader. 48. A naval officer rescues a group of children. 49. Roger sharpens a stick at both ends for Ralph. Quotes match the quote with the appropriate speaker: a. the Lord of the Flies b. SamnEric c. Jack d. Piggy e. the Officer 50. Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill. 51. Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up? 52. Nobody killed, I hope. Any dead bodies? 53. Theyre going to hunt you tomorrow. 54. Im not going to play any longer. Not with you. 55. I should have thought that a pack of British boyswould have been able to put up a better show than that. 56. Youre acting like a crowd of kids! 57. What are you doing here all alone? Arent you afraid of me? 58. Thats right! Favor Piggy as you always do! 59. This head is for the beast. Its a gift. 60. Now I only got one eye. Just you wait! 61. I got you meat! Id, ego, superego match each definition with the correct part of the psyche: a. id b. ego c. superego 62. the basic human desire to meet your own needs and also look out for others 63. the basic human desire to meet your own needs 64. the desire to look out for other people over yourself

Match each definition with whether it represents: a. id b. ego c. superego 65. Im not going to play any longer. Not with you. 66. Sam, Im going to be all right, arent I? 67. You all right, Piggy? 68. Weve got to keep the fire going. Match each character with historical figures/groups to which they can be compared: a. Simon b. the hunters c. Jack d. Piggy e. the Officer 69. Adolf Hitler/Stalin/Mussolini 70. Albert Einstein/Bill Gates 71. Gandhi/ Martin Luther King 72. authority 73. Nazi soldiers Match the correct item with the concept it symbolizes. a. conch b. fire/smoke c. Piggys glasses d. face paint 74. rescue 75. true sight/power 76. authority/government 77. savagery 78. internal human evil 79. Who is the author of Lord of the Flies? a. William Shakespeare b. Edmund Spenser c. Geoffrey Chaucer d. William Golding e. Roman Polanski 80. Lord of the Flies is set during which war? a. the American Civil War b. World War I c. World War II d. The Vietnam War e. The Korean War e. the Lord of the Flies