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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word “vicissitude” mean, as used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) A betrayal of principles.
(b) A gathering of people.
(c) Savagery.
(d) A change or variation.

2. The “half-cave” that Ralph and Jack encounter while looking for the beast is said to contain “nothing more terrible than a clutch of” what, in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) “Rotten fruit.”
(b) “Spears.”
(c) “Rotten eggs.”
(d) “Baby pigs.”

3. How many of the boys does Ralph say built the second shelter in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

4. The word “leviathan” that is used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” refers to what?
(a) A sea monster.
(b) A spaceship.
(c) A hawk.
(d) A political organization.

5. During Piggy’s speech at the podium during the assembly he declares that “Life is” what, in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) “Futile.”
(b) “Hopeful.”
(c) “Scientific.”
(d) “Meaningless.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” refers to a warlike or aggressively hostile nature or attitude?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” “At midday the illusions merged into the sky and there the sun gazed down like” what?

3. What is Percival’s full name that he states in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

4. Ralph tells Piggy in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that his father holds what position?

5. Where are the boys in Lord of the Flies from originally?

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