Lord of the Flies Introduction

What is the scar on the island?

• a swimming hole

• a trail of broken trees from the plane crash

• a birthmark

• a rocky area

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Why can't Piggy run or swim?

• he is too young

• he has asthma

• he is scared

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The island itself, the lagoon, ocean, and the time period , the 1940s, could be described as the ____________ of the story.

• symbol

• theme

• setting

• hyperbole

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When Piggy is killed and the conch shell is destroyed, what inferences can you make about what will happen to the rest of the children?

• A boat will come to rescue them soon.

• The groups will split further into different factions.

• Piggy will be reborn.

• The Royal Air Force will land a plane on the island.

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Piggy's death symbolized

• the end of rational civilized behavior.

• a neglect for wisdom and knowledge.

• the end of innocence.

• all of the above.

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The masks that the boys paint onto their faces symbolize all of the following except

• the savagery of the boys.

• the disguise that shows that they have become "someone else" with different values and behavior norms.

• a way to hide from one's conscience.

• the natural goodness of man.

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How does the author show us that Ralph begins to face the reality of the situation about halfway through the book?

• Ralph tells the others that they will never be rescued.

• Ralph begins having nightmares and crying out in his sleep.

• Ralph increases his efforts to have the boys build a canoe.

• Ralph becomes distressed at his filthy clothes and dirty long hair.

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represents savagery and anarchy

• Simon

• Ralph

• Jack

• Piggy

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represents the demon within, conscience, division among the boys, and evil

• the conch

• the beast

• Piggy's glasses

• the fire

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What is the main theme introduced in the beginning of 'Lord of the Flies'?

• A) The struggle for power

• B) The loss of innocence

• C) The importance of friendship

• D) The beauty of nature

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