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Question 1
How do the boys end up on the island?
That is not stated in the book.
They were taken to the island so that they could safely wait there until the war was over.
The plane in which the boys were sitting was shot above the sea.
The ship in which the boys were sitting was shot at and sank.
Question 2
How do Piggy and Ralph ensure that all the boys find each other on the island?
They walk through the woods and shout out loud.
They blow on a horn.
They make a fire.
They wave with a pig's head.
Question 3
Who is chosen as the leader by the boys?
Piggy
Simon
Jack
Ralph
Question 4
What is Jack's group called?
The littleuns
The gatherers
The hunters
The piggies
Question 5
How does Piggy not want to be mentioned by the others?
Braniac
Piggy
Four eyes
Fatty
Question 6
The boy with a birthmark says he has seen something at night. What was it?
A beast
A "nastie"
A ghost
A plane of the enemy
Question 7
When may someone speak during a meeting?
The one who steps forward may speak
The one who has the shell may speak
The person who has permission from Ralph to speak
The one who raises his hand may speak
Question 8
In what way do the boys make fire?
With the help of Piggy's glasses
A piece of glass that they found on the beach
Piggy's sundial
Flint
Question 9
What is the most important thing to do according to Ralph?
To hunt
To not let the fire go out so that they can eat and warm up
To make a list with the names of all the boys on it
To not let the fire go out, so that someone may be able to find the boys and rescue them
Question 10
What happens to the boy with the birthmark when a part of the forest is on fire?
He calls himself the leader
He gets burned while he tries to extinguish the fire
He disappears and he probably died
He gets lost and cries until the older boys find him
Question 11
Ralph gets frustrated because he wants to get more help from the other boys. What does he do?
He collects fruit for the boys
He builds shelters
He writes down the boys' names
He takes care of the little boys
Question 12
What is Jack doing in the woods?
He is collecting water
He is hunting
He is building shelters
He is collecting fruit
Question 13
What is more important according to Jack than arranging hiding places and keeping the fire going?
Meat
Telling stories
Meetings
Fishing
Question 14
Who helps Ralph with building the third shelter?
Roger
Sam and Eric
Piggy and the little boys
Simon
Question 15
Where does Simon often go on his own?
He goes to a place in the jungle
He goes to the beach
He goes hunting
He goes to the top of Castle Rock
Question 16
Which of the following statements is correct about the way the boys sleep?
The boys sleep peacefully by the sea
The boys are often sleepwalking
The boys sleep warm by the fire
The boys often have nightmares and cry in their sleep
Question 17
What happens when the fire goes out?
A plane is flying over the island
A boat is passing by
Jack apologizes
Ralph sets the whole forest on fire
Question 18
Why does the fire go out?
It goes out because the little boys ran away
It goes out because Ralph was too busy with building shelters
It goes out because the boys who had to take care of the fire went into the forest to hunt
It goes out through the rain
Question 19
What happens with Piggy's glasses?
Jack steals the glasses from Piggy and says that the glasses are his now
Jack throws the glasses away and consequently also breaks one of the glasses
Piggy accidentally drops his glasses on the rocks and his glasses break
The little boys steal the glasses from Piggy to play with them
Question 20
What do the boys do during dinner?
The boys dance around the fire
The boys vote for a new leader
The boys talk about how much they want to go home
The boys make plans to build new shelters
Question 21
What are the nightmares of the little boys about?
They are about a fight between Jack and Ralph
They are about the possibility that they will not be saved
They are about the event that the fire that can save them goes out
They are about the a beast on the island
Question 22
What does Ralph think about his hair?
He likes how free and wild it is
It reminds him of his mother
He doesn't think about his hair
It annoys him that it has become long and hangs in front of his eyes
Question 23
Why does Ralph organize another meeting when it is already late?
He wants to give a peptalk
He wants to resign from his position as a leader
He wants to announce new elections
He wants to express his frustration that nothing is being done by the other boys
Question 24
According to Percival, where does the beast come from?
He comes from within the boys themselves
He comes from the forest
He comes from the sea
He comes from the sky
Question 25
What happens to the group at the end of the meeting?
Ralph resigns from his position as leader
The beast attacks the group
Piggy blows on the horn
Jack runs away from the group with most other older boys
Question 26
What do Sam and Eric claim to have seen in the morning?
They claim to have seen the beast
They claim to have seen the Lord of the Flies
They claim to have seen a dead pilot
They claim to have seen a ship
Question 27
What comes out of the sky?
A war plane comes out of the sky
A weather balloon comes out of the sky
A dead pilot with his parachute comes out of the sky
The beast comes falling from the sky
Question 28
What are the other boys doing while Jack and Ralph are exploring the island?
The other boys go hunting
The other boys are throwing stones on a rock
The other boys are taking care of the fire
The other boys are bothering and picking on Piggy
Question 29
Where does Ralph and Jack's exploration lead them?
It leads them to a lake
It leads them to a clearing in the forest where they see the Lord of the Flies
It leads them to a cave in an undiscovered area of the island
It leads them to the beach
Question 30
What do the boys do when Ralph tells them to keep looking?
The boys go swimming
They build a fort
They are going back to the beach
They stay awake all night and tell each other stories
Question 31
What do the boys decide to do while on a walk on the island?
They decide to play hide and seek
They decide to hunt
They leave traces so that they can find their way back
They tie up Sam and Eric
Question 32
What does Simon predict?
He thinks that they will never be saved
He predicts his own death
He thinks that they will all come home safely
He believes that Ralph will come home safely
Question 33
What happens when the boys start singing and dancing and when they re-enact the hunt?
Robert plays the pig and is injured by the other boys
Robert starts stabbing other boys with his spear
Piggy disapproves of the boys' behavior
Ralph gets scared and runs away
Question 34
What do Ralph and Jack think they see when they are at the top of the mountain?
They think they have seen a dead man
They believe they have seen a ghost
They think it is the beast
They see a ship
Question 35
Where is Simon going?
He is going back to the beach to let Piggy know that the group is coming back late
He is going into the woods to hunt by himself
He goes to the top of Castle Rock to find the beast
He goes to the clearing in the forest
Question 36
Where do Ralph and Piggy make the new fire?
They make a fire in the clearing in the forest
They don't make a new fire
They make it on the beach
They make a fire at the top of the mountain near the beast
Question 37
What happens when Jack wants to have new elections?
He wins the elections
He loses and threatens to kill Ralph
Ralph and Jack get the same number of votes
He loses the elections and runs away and calls himself the leader of a new group
Question 38
Who belongs to Jack's group?
All the older boys
Ralph
Most of the older boys, except for Sam and Eric
All the little boys
Question 39
Who is the Lord of the Flies that Simon is talking to?
It is a swarm of flies
It is the beast
It is a pig's head with flies around it
It is Jack
Question 40
How does Jack's group make fire?
They make fire with molten volcanic stones
They force Piggy to hand over his glasses
They use flint
They steal fire from Ralph's group
Question 41
In what way does Jack arrive at the feast?
He stands on a high rock holding a spear in his hand
He has washed himself and his clothes and is sitting on a rug next to the fire
He has painted his face
He seems confused and scared and as if he doesn't know what to do
Question 42
What does Simon discover at the top of the mountain?
He discovers that he is actually quite happy on the island
He discovers that the beast that the other boys saw was actually a paratrooper
He discovers a British naval officer
He discovers the beast
Question 43
What does Jack do when Piggy and Ralph come to the feast?
He embraces Ralph
He orders Roger to tie them up
He drives them away with a spear
He offers them meat and asks if they want to belong to his group
Question 44
What happens during the party?
The boys kill Simon when he comes out of the woods
The boys let the fire go out
Piggy is trampled by the boys
Ralph and Piggy feel uncomfortable and leave the party
Question 45
What makes the boys start running into the dark?
They are frightened by Simon's dead body
The are frightened by the dead body of the paratrooper that is blown off the mountain by the wind
They become scared of a shooting star
They run off because a group of pigs is running towards them
Question 46
Who is left in Ralph's group?
Piggy
Piggy and Wilfred
Piggy, Sam and Eric, and the little boys
Everyone except for Jack, Robert and Roger
Question 47
What do Piggy and Ralph say about Simon's death?
They say they can't remember anything about it
They don't want to talk about it
Piggy says that it was murder and Ralph says that it was an accident
Piggy says that it was an accident and Ralph says that it was murder
Question 48
What does Jack's group think of Simon's death?
They think that it was murder
They are sad and mourning over it
They believe that he had to die because he was possessed by the beast
They think that it was an accident
Question 49
Who is Wilfred?
He is one of the older boys who wants to take over Jack's leadership role
He is a boy who is tied and beaten up by Jack for no apparent reason
It is the name the boys have given to the pig that they ate at the feast
It is a boy that Roger is throwing stones at
Question 50
What happens with Piggy's glasses?
Jack breaks the glasses
Piggy loses the glasses
Jack's group steals the glasses from Piggy at night
Piggy hides the glasses so that Jack's group cannot find the glasses anymore
Question 51
What does Piggy decide to do?
He gives up and tries to live without his glasses
He confronts Jack and asks if he can have his glasses back
He kills Jack
He hides before Jack's group can find him
Question 52
What does Ralph decide to take with him?
He takes a white flag with him
He takes the shell with him
He brings burning branches
He brings the head of a pig
Question 53
How does Piggy die?
The boys hunt him down and then stab him to death
Jack ties him up and stabs him with a spear
Roger drops an enormous rock on him
Roger is spreading panic and Piggy falls of a cliff
Question 54
What happens to Sam and Eric?
Piggy and Ralph throw them out of the group
They beg Jack if they can belong to his group
Roger hits them
Jack has them tied up so that they will surrender and join his group
Question 55
Why is Ralph running away?
He is running away because the boys are attacking him with spears
He is running away because he has an idea about how to regain control of the situation
He is running away because Jack is challenging him for a competition
He is running away because he sees a British ship on the beach
Question 56
When Ralph hides in the bushes, at one point he finally decides to come out. Why?
He comes out because the boys set fire to the forest
He comes out because Wilfred has found a way to get to Ralph and they attack him with spears
He comes out because the boys threaten to kill Sam and Eric if Ralph does not reveal himself
He comes out only after a few days because he can no longer resist hunger
Question 57
What happens when Ralph meets the Lord of the Flies?
He runs away in fear and accidentally pushes it over
He knockes it over and steals the spear on which the head was speared
He starts crying and asks if the Lord of the Flies can help him
He gets an epileptic seizure and loses consciousness
Question 58
Who finds Ralph when he falls on the beach?
Jack finds him, and he is holding a spear
The beast finds him
Ralph has a vision of his mother
A British naval officer finds Ralph
Question 59
Why is the British officer angry with Ralph?
He is angry with him because they set fire to the island
He is mad that they got stuck on the island at all
He is angry because he is not being very polite to him
He is mad because Ralph was able to let things get out of hand
Question 60
What do the boys do as soon as they realize they have been rescued?
The boys start crying
The boys don't want to leave the island
The boys run back into the forest
The boys throw spears at the British naval officer
Question 61
Who is the Lord of the Flies?
The Lord of the Flies is actually the head of a pig on a stick
The Lord of the Flies is actually Jack
The Lord of the Flies is actually just a large fly that was seen by Simon
The Lord of the Flies is the same thing as the beast
Question 62
What is the best way to describe Roger's personality?
Roger is methodical and has an eye for detail
Roger is mean and sadistic
Roger is mainly hysterical
Roger is calm and sensitive
Question 63
What is Samneric?
It is the nickname for the twins Sam and Eric
It is the password that Jack's group uses to find each other at night
It is a large rock on the island
It is an expression that Piggy uses when he is collecting food
Question 64
In which way can Piggy's personality be best described?
He is a strong and a good leader
He is rude and mean
He is lonely and bitter
He is nagging, intelligent and innovative
Question 65
Which of these boys has the idea that the boys need civilization?
Jack
Piggy
Simon
Ralph
Question 66
What does Jack's character represent?
It represents cruelty, violence and a lust for power
It represents curiosity
It represents spiritual goodness
It represents order, civilization and good leadership
Question 67
What does the character of Ralph represent?
It represents spiritual goodness
It represents order, civilization and good leadership
It represents cruelty, violence and a lust for power
It represents curiosity
Question 68
What does Simon's character represent?
It represents curiosity
It represents cruelty, violence and a lust for power
It represents spiritual goodness
It represents order, civilization and good leadership
Question 69
What does Simon realize about the beast?
He realizes that the beast is satisfied when it an animal is sacrificed
He realizes that it is a curable form of insanity
He realizes that it is a beast that comes out of the sea at night
He realizes that it is not a physical beast, but the barbarity in the boys' hearts
Question 70
What happens as Jack becomes more and more barbaric?
He forgets how to communicate
He loses control of his group
He gets better at controlling his group
He starts to feel guilty
Question 71
What do Piggy's glasses represent?
They represent order and stability
They represent the desire to go home and see the family again
They represent the power of science and reason
They represent fire
Question 72
What is the natural state of men in the novel?
Wise and orderly
Peaceful
Barbaric, mean and cruel
Defensive, modest and conflict-avoiding
Question 73
According to the novel, what role can civilization play in countering the human tendency for cruelty?
Civilization aggravates cruelty
Civilization can completely remove cruelty
Civilization cannot influence the tendency for cruelty
Civilization can help control the tendency for cruelty
Question 74
In what way is the connection between the boys and civilization represented in the novel?
It is represented by Jack's face paint
It is represented by Piggy glasses
It is represented by the fire
It is represented by the rocks
Question 75
How is order and civilization represented in the novel?
It is represented by the shell
It is represented by the hunt
It is represented by the beach
It is represented by Piggy glasses
Open questions
Question 1
Why can it be said that Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel? What are the important symbols in the novel?
Question 2
In what way does Jack use the beast to control the boys?
Question 3
Compare Ralph and Simon. Both of them seem to be "good" people. Is there a difference in their "goodness"?
Answer indication MC-questions
Question 1
C. The plane in which the boys were sitting was shot above the sea.
Question 2
B. They blow on a horn.
Question 3
D. Ralph
Question 4
C. The hunters
Question 5
B. Piggy
Question 6
A. A beast
Question 7
B. The one who has the shell may speak
Question 8
A. With the help of Piggy's glasses
Question 9
D. To not let the fire go out, so that someone may be able to find the boys and rescue them
Question 10
C. He disappears and he probably died
Question 11
B. He builds shelters
Question 12
B. He is hunting
Question 13
A. Meat
Question 14
D. Simon
Question 15
A. He goes to a place in the jungle
Question 16
D. The boys often have nightmares and cry in their sleep
Question 17
B. A boat is passing by
Question 18
C. It goes out because the boys who had to take care of the fire went into the forest to hunt
Question 19
B. Jack throws the glasses away and consequently also breaks one of the glasses
Question 20
A. The boys dance around the fire
Question 21
D. They are about the a beast on the island
Question 22
D. It annoys him that it has become long and hangs in front of his eyes
Question 23
D. He wants to express his frustration that nothing is being done by the other boys
Question 24
C. He comes from the sea
Question 25
D. Jack runs away from the group with most other older boys
Question 26
C. They claim to have seen a dead pilot
Question 27
D. The beast comes falling from the sky
Question 28
B. The other boys are throwing stones on a rock
Question 29
C. It leads them to a cave in an undiscovered area of the island
Question 30
B. They build a fort
Question 31
B. They decide to hunt
Question 32
D. He believes that Ralph will come home safely
Question 33
A. Robert plays the pig and is injured by the other boys
Question 34
C. They think it is the beast
Question 35
A. He is going back to the beach to let Piggy know that the group is coming back late
Question 36
C. They make it on the beach
Question 37
D. He loses the elections and runs away and calls himself the leader of a new group
Question 38
C. Most of the older boys, except for Sam and Eric
Question 39
C. It is a pig's head with flies around it
Question 40
D. They steal fire from Ralph's group
Question 41
C. He has painted his face
Question 42
B. He discovers that the beast that the other boys saw was actually a paratrooper
Question 43
D. He offers them meat and asks if they want to belong to his group
Question 44
A. The boys kill Simon when he comes out of the woods
Question 45
B. The are frightened by the dead body of the paratrooper that is blown off the mountain by the wind
Question 46
C. Piggy, Sam and Eric, and the little boys
Question 47
D. Piggy says that it was an accident and Ralph says that it was murder
Question 48
C. They believe that he had to die because he was possessed by the beast
Question 49
B. He is a boy who is tied and beaten up by Jack for no apparent reason
Question 50
C. Jack's group steals the glasses from Piggy at night
Question 51
B. He confronts Jack and asks if he can have his glasses back
Question 52
B. He takes the shell with him
Question 53
C. Roger drops an enormous rock on him
Question 54
D. Jack has them tied up so that they will surrender and join his group
Question 55
A. He is running away because the boys are attacking him with spears
Question 56
A. He comes out because the boys set fire to the forest
Question 57
B. He knockes it over and steals the spear on which the head was speared
Question 58
D. A British naval officer finds Ralph
Question 59
D. He is mad because Ralph was able to let things get out of hand
Question 60
A. The boys start crying
Question 61
A. The Lord of the Flies is actually the head of a pig on a stick
Question 62
B. Roger is mean and sadistic
Question 63
A. It is the nickname for the twins Sam and Eric
Question 64
D. He is nagging, intelligent and innovative
Question 65
D. Ralph
Question 66
A. It represents cruelty, violence and a lust for power
Question 67
B. It represents order, civilization and good leadership
Question 68
C. It represents spiritual goodness
Question 69
D. He realizes that it is not a physical beast, but the barbarity in the boys' hearts
Question 70
C. He gets better at controlling his group
Question 71
C. They represent the power of science and reason
Question 72
C. Barbaric, mean and cruel
Question 73
D. Civilization can help control the tendency for cruelty
Question 74
C. It is represented by the fire
Question 75
A. It is represented by the shell
Answer indication Open questions
Open question 1
An allegory is a symbolic representation of an idea that is sustained throughout the story in a book. Lord of the Flies can be considered an allegorical novel, because the characters and objects are direct representations of the central themes and ideas in the book. The central point that the author is trying to make is that there is a conflict between the human tendency for civilization and the tendency for cruelty. Each character in the book represents a certain aspect on this spectrum of civilization versus cruelty. Ralph and Piggy are on the side of civilization. Ralph because he tries to create order and build a civil society. Piggy reflects the scientific side of civilization. Jack and Roger are on the cruelty side. Jack strives for power and dominance, and Roger for violence. In addition to the characters, there are also objects that have a symbolic function. The shell that is used to start meetings represents order and political legitimacy. Piggy glasses reflect the power of science and intellect. The pig's head represents the other side of the spectrum and stands for cruelty, violence and barbarism.
Open question 2
Jack manipulates the boys by making the beast a common enemy, as well as a common idol and a common belief. Depending on the situation he finds himself in, he uses these representations. He uses the boys' fears to bring about strong control and to justify his violence. He lets the boys adore the beast in order to stimulate their lust for blood and to motivate them to hunt. Finally, he creates a kind of god by leaving the pig's head in the forest as a sacrifice. This turns the fears in the children's nightmares into reality. The skull becomes a kind of religious item with psychological powers that encourages the boys to leave civilization and give in to their wild impulses.
Open question 3
Both Ralph and Simon can be considered as "good" persons, because they are on the side of civilization (and not on the side of barbarism). Both boys try to achieve order and harmony within the group. However, they seem to have different motivations for this. The civilization of Ralph seems to have been taught to him. It becomes clear in the book that Ralph has a tendency towards cruelty deep down. Simon, on the other hand, seems to possess a kindness that comes from his heart and that was not imposed on him by his youth. Although Ralph is a good leader, at the end it is Simon who recognizes that the beast is not in a material form on the island, but that the beast is the tendency for violence in every individual.
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