Name: Coughlin: Sophomore Honoraries Lord Of the Flies Test of Champions PART ONE: Match the letter of the

character with the number of his description Note: each boy's name may be used a maximum of three times.
A. Simon B. Maurice C. Roger D. Samneric H. Wilfred E. Percival I. Ralph F. Henry K.

G. the mulberry-birthmarked kid Jack

J. Piggy

1. He is the first to propose that the boys build a signal fire on the mountain top. 2. Although highly intelligent, he is unable to assert his influence or even protect himself. 3. Although he accepts the glamour of leadership, he finds the mundane responsibilities that go with the role frustrating. 4. He is the initiator of the "Kill-the-Pig" game that develops into a tribal dance. 5. This lonely, sensitive visionary has an encounter in the wilderness with the lord of the flies 6. This sadistic follower acts as his Chief's henchman and torturer. 7. He seeks in his memory for the familiar, solace-giving incantation, but finds that this memory of his civilised identity has "faded clean away." 8. This formerly angelic chorister becomes a demagogue and then a totalitarian dictator by harnassing the primitive forces latent within the human psyche. 9. Making no concession to the incarnation of evil, the Lord of the Flies, this boy intuitively recognizes the sources of evil and spiritual contagion on the island. 10. The one who warns Ralph that Roger has sharpened a stick at both ends. 11. He may best be described physically by the phrase "ugly without silliness."

12. The boy who makes the suggestion to use green branches in order to make more smoke from the signal fire is . . . . 13. When Ralph considers giving up his chieftancy, this boy--who serves as both his conscience and his wiseman--pleads against his taking this step. 14. When the beast makes the mountain top unsafe, this boy suggests lighting a signal fire on the beach instead. 15. He is ordered tied up and beaten to satisfy some whim of Jack's.

PART TWO: Multiple-choice questions on the book

16. The pig's skull "gleamed as white as ever the conch had." The latter symbolizes A. truth and peace; the former, discipline and good order. B. democracy and reason; the former, barbarism and superstition. C. parliamentary rules of order; the former, lechery and ignorance. D. adult decorum and manners; the former, communism and independence. 17. The image of the island as a "ship going backwards" implies that the boys will A. be rescued by "a cutter, her bows hauled up and held by two ratings." B. return to a more natural, enlightened, innocent relationship with nature. C. evolve into a Utopian, egalitarian society under Ralph and Jack's leadership. D. gradually regress to a more primitive state as they lose their civilised memories. 18. In Hebrew, and in the Christian Bible the demon who is "Lord of the Flies" is named A. Satan. B. Lucifer. C. Moloch. D. Beelzebub. 19. Golding has remarked that each of his principal characters represents a different aspect of the ideal leader; Simon, for example, probably represents A. moral and psychological insight. B. administrative and oratorical powers. C. shrewd understanding of human nature. D. the ability to organize and control a group. 20. At first, the boys feel that theirs is a perfect island, for among its acres of fruit trees "Flower and fruit grew together on the same tree." However, the island apparently has a "beastie, a snake-thing" too. The two images, taken in conjunction, consitute an allusion to A. Rousseau's "Noble Savage." B. Stevenson's Treasure Island. C. the Freudian myth of the primal horde. D. the Garden of Eden in the Book of Genesis.

21. The littluns obey Ralph unquestioningly because they regard him as a "link with the adult world of authority." However, from the perspective of the naval officer Ralph is merely a "little scarecrow . . . with matted hair, and unwiped nose." In showing Ralph from these two very different perspectives Golding is suggesting that A. small children must be ruled through fear, not logic. B. at the conclusion the reader identifies with Jack rather than Ralph. C. the power of a leader lies not in himself, but in the nature of his followers. D. Ralph must accept responsibility for the barbaric state to which the boys sink. 22. Simon proposes that the beast is "maybe . . . only us," by which Golding is implying that A. the forces of good and evil do not exist. B. the Devil has possessed some of the boys on the island. C. children are fond of trying to scare each other with frightening stories. D. the "snake-thing" and the parachutist have played upon the boys' fears.

23. The climax of a literary work is the "culmination or apex of a series of events in an ascending scale." In Lord of the Flies the climax occurs when A. Roger simultaneously destroys Piggy and the conch. B. Jack abandons Ralph's lot to establish his own kingdom at Castle Rock. C. Simon is murdered while trying to explain the true identity of the beast. D. Simon confronts the pig's head in the jungle and meets the Lord of the Flies. 24. The principal source of suspense in a literary work is usually conflict; in this book the chief kind of conflict is A. man versus natureRaph's trying to outrun the fire. B. man versus manJack's opposing Ralph for the leadership. C. man versus himselfSimon's confronting the Lord of the Flies. D. man versus himselfJack's trying to overcome squeamishness about killing. 25. A novel with a rising action consists of a succession of crises; each crisis is a moment of danger, conflict, or suspense. The first such crisis in Lord of the Flies is A. the meeting organized by the fair-haired boy and the fat boy. B. the sudden appearance of the choir led by the red-haired boy. C. the screaming of the littluns about a snake-thing in the brush-fire. D. the decision made by Simon, Ralph, and Jack to explore the island

3-5 Paragraph Open-Book Essay:

A.) Explain how one of the symbols in Lord of the Flies functions in the plot on a literal and symbolic level, and note how it enhances a theme of the book. Support your explanation with textual evidence, including at least one properly-integrated quotation.

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B.) In three to five paragraphs, compare the character of Simon to the figure of Jesus Christ. Focusing on Chapters 8 and 9, support your essay with textual evidence, including at least one properly-integrated quotation.