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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. Jack claims at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness” that Ralph “says things like” whom?
2. Who says at the suggestion of going to Castle Rock to talk to Jack about Piggy’s glasses, “We ought to take spears,” in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
3. Simon makes an allusion to what English Queen in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
4. In the ending of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters,” the narrator notes that when the children all begin weeping, “The officer, surrounded by these noises, was moved and a little” what?
5. It is revealed to Roger in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses” that Jack got angry at what boy and had him tied up so that he can be beaten?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Jack and Ralph argue about during their journey in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
2. What is symbolized by the death of Simon in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
3. Why do Ralph and Piggy go to Jack’s camp in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”? What do they find there?
4. How has Ralph’s tribe changed by the beginning of Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
5. Why does Ralph begin running for the beach and shelters in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
6. What does Simon discover while he is alone in the forest in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
7. What leads up to Simon’s death in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”? How does Simon die?
8. 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?
9. What is decided on the journey to the mountain in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
10. What is ironic about the denouement of Lord of the Flies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and analyze the character of Ralph as the protagonist of Lord of the Flies. How old is Ralph? What does the reader know about his character based on the dialogue and exposition in Chapter 1? What elements of Ralph’s character indicate he will be the protagonist of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the destruction of Piggy’s glasses in Chapter 4. How do the spectacles get broken? How do the other boys respond to this violence? What does this suggest about the growing lack of discipline among these boys? What does this say about Ralph’s ability to lead?
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