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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does the narrator say a great scab had formed on Ralph in the opening of Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
2. The narrator states in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness,” “The greatest ideas are the” what?
3. What is Jack described as wearing at his waist in the end of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
4. Who responds when Ralph asks where Jack is in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” saying “He’s hunting. And he said we weren’t to let you in”?
5. In Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” Ralph claims that what happened during the ritual was murder. What does Piggy desperately claim it was instead?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Ralph begin running for the beach and shelters in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
2. How is the death of Simon perceived by the boys in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”? What does this indicate about their characters?
3. What is ironic about the denouement of Lord of the Flies?
4. What conflicts arise when Jack arrives at the fort in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
5. What suggestions do Piggy and Simon make following the meeting in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
6. How does Jack differ from Ralph as a leader, as seen in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
7. What is illustrated by the fact that many of the boys begin to disappear from Ralph’s camp in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
8. What leads up to Simon’s death in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”? How does Simon die?
9. What does Simon discover while he is alone in the forest in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
10. What is represented by the behavior of the boys during the ritualistic dance in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does the conch shell symbolize in Lord of the Flies? How does the symbolism of this object change in the course of the story? What happens to the conch shell? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Ralph’s decision to go to Jack’s camp in Chapter 9. Why do Ralph and Piggy decide to go have meat at Jack’s feast? What happens when they arrive? How does Jack treat them? How does Ralph respond when Jack tries to talk the others into joining his tribe?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of “Civility versus Savagery” in Lord of the Flies. How has the author developed this theme through the first chapters of the novel? Why and how does the theme come to the forefront in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”? How is the theme represented in the denouement of the story?
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