Video Great Books Lord of the Flies

What is the literary term for a story in which characters and objects symbolize large, abstract ideas? 

• allegory

• allusion

• alligator

Who's idea was it to blow the conch? 

• Ralph

• Piggy

What is ironic about Jack saying "We've got to have rules and obey them...after all, we're not savages"? 

• Because Piggy is the one who rejects rules and order

• Because Jack does indeed become savage during the novel. 

What does the video say the glasses symbolize? 

• Fire

• Science

What happens when darkness comes? 

• Little kids get scared

• Nothing

Who is the only boy who is not afraid? 

• Ralph

• Jack

• Simon

• Piggy

Why do Jack and his hunters neglect the signal fire? 

• they are obsessed with hunting

• they are too busy playing games

• they are tired and have fallen asleep

What "rules" the island, now that the boys believe they have seen the beast? 

• the conch

• Ralph

• fear

The whole point of Lord of the Flies is to drive what lesson home? 

• that even good boys are capable of doing wicked things

• that there is no beast

What happened on the island was a direct result of: 

• a loss of adult authority

• not having enough to eat