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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. What colors of face paint is Jack described as wearing in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
2. Jack claims at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness” that Ralph “says things like” whom?
3. What is the first tactic that Jack’s tribe uses to flush Ralph from the thicket in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
4. Who suggests that the boys use their socks like caps in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
5. After the ritual in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death,” the narrator says, “Along the shoreward edge of the shallows the advancing clearness was full of strange, moonbeam-bodied creatures with” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Simon discover while he is alone in the forest in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
2. What do Ralph and his companions decide to do about the fire in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
3. What happens when one of the hunters spots a pig in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
4. What conflicts arise when Jack arrives at the fort in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
5. 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”?
6. What confrontation takes place between Jack and Ralph in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
7. What is symbolized by the destruction of the conch shell in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
8. How does Jack differ from Ralph as a leader, as seen in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
9. What suggestions do Piggy and Simon make following the meeting in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
10. What is decided on the journey to the mountain 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 historical context of Lord of the Flies. Historical context refers to the situations and events during the time in which a piece of literature was written. What global and national events were taking place in 1954, when Golding’s novel was published? How does the novel reflect these events?
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