MCQs - "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
SET-1
1. How did the boys come to be
marooned on the island?
A. The ship they were on was
bombed and sank in the ocean
B. The plane they were on was
shot down over the ocean
C. We don't know
D. They were brought there to
wait out the war in safety
Answer: B. The plane they were on
was shot down over the ocean
2. What do Piggy and Ralph do
to gather the scattered boys?
A. They light a fire
B. They blow into a conch shell
C. They walk through the forest
calling out
D. They wave a pig's head
Answer: B. They blow into a conch
shell
3. What does Piggy not want to
be called?
A. Fatty
B. Four eyes
C. Piggy
D. Braniac
Answer: C. Piggy
4. Whom do the boys elect
leader?
A. Ralph
B. Jack
C. Piggy
D. Simon
Answer: A. Ralph
5. What does Jack's group
become?
A. The gatherers
B. The littluns
C. The hunters
D. The piggies
Answer: C. The hunters
6. Who gets to speak at a
meeting?
A. Whoever raises his hand
B. Whoever steps forward into the
circle
C. Whoever Ralph picks to speak
D. Whoever is holding the conch
Answer: D. Whoever is holding the
conch
7. What frightening thing does
the boy with a dark birthmark on his face say he saw at night?
A. An enemy warplane
B. A ghost
C. A beastie
D. A nastie
Answer: C. A beastie
8. What does Ralph say is the
most important thing to do?
A. Keep a signal fire going so
they can be rescued
B. Hunt
C. Keep a cooking fire going for
food and warmth
D. Make a full list of who is
there
Answer: A. Keep a signal fire
going so they can be rescued
9. What do they use to light a
fire?
A. A piece of glass that washed
up on shore
B. Flint
C. Piggy's glasses
D. The sundial that Piggy makes
Answer: C. Piggy's glasses
10. What happens to the boy
with mulberry birthmark when a whole patch of trees catches on fire?
A. He gets burned helping to put
out the fire
B. He declares himself chief
C. He disappears and likely has
died
D. He gets lost and cries until
the older boys find him
Answer: C. He disappears and
likely has died
11. What is Jack trying to do
in the forest?
A. Find ripe fruit
B. Collect water
C. Hunt
D. Build shelters
Answer: C. Hunt
12. What is Ralph frustrated
about not having enough help with?
A. Building shelters
B. Collecting fruit for everyone
C. Tending to the littluns
D. Taking down everyone's name
Answer: A. Building shelters
13. Who helps Ralph with the
third shelter?
A. Simon
B. Roger
C. Sam and Eric
D. Piggy and the littluns
Answer: A. Simon
14. What does Jack think is
more important than shelters and fire?
A. Fishing
B. Meat
C. Telling stories
D. Meetings
Answer: B. Meat
15. Where does Simon often go
alone?
A. To the top of castle rock
B. To a clearing in the jungle
C. To the beach
D. Hunting
Answer: B. To a clearing in the
jungle
16. How do the boys sleep?
A. Their sleep is filled with
nightmares and crying out
B. They sleep soundly because of
the calming sound of waves
C. They sleep snug and warm by
the fire
D. The boys start sleepwalking
Answer: A. Their sleep is filled
with nightmares and crying out
17. What happens when the
signal fire goes out?
A. A ship passes by
B. A plane flies overhead
C. Jack apologizes
D. Ralph sets the forest on fire
Answer: A. A ship passes by
18. Why does the fire go out?
A. Because it rained
B. Because Ralph was too busy
building shelters to keep it going
C. Because the littluns ran off
D. Because the boys in charge of
the fire went hunting
Answer: D. Because the boys in
charge of the fire went hunting
19. What do the boys do during
the feast?
A. They have a vote for a new
leader
B. They talk about going home
C. They dance around the fire
chanting
D. They make plans to build
better shelters
Answer: C. They dance around the
fire chanting
20. What happens to Piggy's
glasses?
A. Piggy accidentally drops them
on some rocks
B. Jack throws them and a lens
breaks
C. The littluns take them and
start playing with them
D. Jack grabs them and says they
are his now
Answer: B. Jack throws them and a
lens breaks
21. What does Ralph think
about his hair?
A. He likes how free it is
B. He's annoyed it's gotten long
and mangy and hangs in his eyes
C. He doesn't think about his
hair
D. It reminds him of his mom
Answer: B. He's annoyed it's
gotten long and mangy and hangs in his eyes
22. Why does Ralph call a
meeting late in the evening?
A. To hold a new vote for leader
B. To step down as leader
C. To give a pep talk
D. To express his frustration
that nothing is getting done
Answer: D. To express his
frustration that nothing is getting done
23. What are the littluns
terrified of and having nightmares about?
A. A beast or monster on the
island
B. Jack and Ralph fighting
C. The possibility of not being
rescued
D. The signal fire going out
Answer: A. A beast or monster on
the island
24. Where does Percival say
the beast comes from at night?
A. From the sky
B. From the sea
C. From the forest
D. From inside them
Answer: B. From the sea
25. What happens to the group
at the end of the meeting?
A. Ralph says he's done being
leader
B. Jack runs off with most of the
older boys
C. The beast attacks them
D. Piggy starts blowing the conch
shell
Answer: B. Jack runs off with
most of the older boys
26. What comes down from the
sky?
A. A dead pilot with his
parachute
B. The beast
C. A fighter plane
D. A weather balloon
Answer: A. A dead pilot with his
parachute
27. What do Sam and Eric think
they see in the morning?
A. A ship
B. The Lord of the Flies
C. The beast
D. A dead pilot
Answer: C. The beast
28. Where does the expedition
take Jack and Ralph?
A. To the beach
B. Into the lagoon
C. To the clearing, where they
see the Lord of the Flies
D. To a cave in an unexplored
part of the island
Answer: D. To a cave in an
unexplored part of the island
29. What do the other boys do
while Jack and Ralph are exploring?
A. They tend the signal fire
B. They roll rocks off a cliff
C. They go hunting
D. They harass Piggy
Answer: B. They roll rocks off a
cliff
30. What do the boys want to
do when Ralph says they have to keep searching?
A. Go back to the beach
B. Stay up all night long telling
ghost stories
C. Go for a swim
D. Build a fort where they are
Answer: D. Build a fort where
they are
31. What does Simon predict?
A. That Ralph will make it home
safely
B. That they will all make it
home safely
C. That he will die
D. That they will never be
rescued
Answer: A. That Ralph will make
it home safely
32. What do the boys decide to
do on their way across the island?
A. Hunt
B. Play hide and seek
C. Leave a trail so they can find
their way back
D. Tie up Sam and Eric
Answer: A. Hunt
33. What happens when the boys
start chanting, dancing, and re-enacting the hunt?
A. Ralph gets scared and runs
away
B. Piggy tells them they
shouldn't do that
C. Robert gets hurt when they
pretend he is the boar
D. Roger starts stabbing at the
other boys with his spear
Answer: C. Robert gets hurt when
they pretend he is the boar
34. Where does Simon go?
A. To the clearing
B. To the top of Castle Rock in
search of the beast
C. Back to the beach to tell
Piggy that the group won't be back until late
D. To try to hunt on his own in
the woods
Answer: C. Back to the beach to
tell Piggy that the group won't be back until late
35. What do Ralph and Jack
think they see when they get to the top of the mountain?
A. A ship out at sea
B. The beast
C. A dead man
D. A ghost
Answer: B. The beast
36. What happens when Jack
calls for a new election?
A. He wins
B. He loses and storms off,
declaring himself leader of a new group
C. He loses and says he'll kill
Ralph
D. It's a tie between him and
Ralph
Answer: B. He loses and storms
off, declaring himself leader of a new group
37. Where do Ralph and Piggy
build a new signal fire?
A. On the mountain top near the
beast
B. In the clearing
C. They don't
D. On the beach
Answer: D. On the beach
38. Who joins Jack's tribe?
A. All the littluns
B. Most of the older boys, but
not Sam and Eric
C. All of the older boys
D. Ralph
Answer: B. Most of the older
boys, but not Sam and Eric
39. Who is the "Lord of
the Flies" that Simon talks to in the field?
A. The beast
B. A swarm of flies
C. A pig's head swarming with
flies
D. Jack
Answer: C. A pig's head swarming
with flies
40. How does Jack's group
start a fire?
A. Flint
B. With molten volcanic rock
C. They force Piggy to give them
his glasses
D. They steal burning sticks from
Ralph's group
Answer: C. They force Piggy to
give them his glasses
41. What does Simon discover
at the top of the mountain?
A. That he likes be stranded on
the island
B. That the "beast" the
others saw is a parachutist
C. A British naval officer
D. An actual beast
Answer: B. That the
"beast" the others saw is a parachutist
42. How does Jack appear at
the feast?
A. His face is painted, he's
wearing a garland, and he sits on a log like it's a throne
B. He has bathed and washed his
clothes and sits on a mat cross-legged
C. He stands above the boys on a
boulder, holding a spear
D. He looks disoriented,
frightened, and unsure of what to do
Answer: A. His face is painted,
he's wearing a garland, and he sits on a log like it's a throne
43. What does Jack do when
Ralph and Piggy show up at the feast?
A. He runs them off with his
spear
B. He has Roger tie them up
C. He embraces Ralph and calls
him brother
D. He offers them meat and
invites them to join his tribe
Answer: D. He offers them meat
and invites them to join his tribe
44. What happens in the frenzy
of the dance?
A. Ralph and Piggy feel
uncomfortable and leave
B. Piggy gets trampled
C. The boys kill Simon when he
comes out of the forest
D. They let the signal fire go
out
Answer: C. The boys kill Simon
when he comes out of the forest
45. What sight sends the boys
running in the dark?
A. A stampede of pigs that
crashes through their circle
B. Simon's dead body
C. A gust of wind throws the
pilot's body off the mountain
D. A shooting star
Answer: C. A gust of wind throws
the pilot's body off the mountain
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193. Piggy's real name is
actually what?
A. Percival
B. Leslie
C. Gerald
D. none of the above
Answer: D. none of the above
194. Why do Jack and his
hunters attack Ralph and Piggy?
A. They want to steal Piggy's
glasses.
B. They want to intimidate them
into joining their tribe.
C. They want to take control over
the fire.
D. They want to steal the conch.
Answer: A. They want to steal
Piggy's glasses.
195. What is referred to in
the line, "There was lightning and thunder and rain. We was scared!"
A. Jack and his hunters
B. The first day on the island
C. Simon's murder
D. Finding the beast
Answer: C. Simon's murder
196. Which character pretends
to be a pig during the chant?
A. Maurice
B. Roger
C. Simon
D. Eric
Answer: B. Roger
197. According to Eric, what
would be preferable to capture by Jack and his tribe?
A. capture by the Reds
B. facing the beast
C. never leaving the jungle
D. starvation
Answer: A. capture by the Reds
198. Which character repeats
the saying, "Sucks to your ass-mar"?
A. Ralph
B. Simon
C. Jack
D. Roger
Answer: A. Ralph
199. Who worries that the
other boys think that he is insane?
A. Piggy
B. Simon
C. Percival
D. Jack
Answer: B. Simon
200. Who hesitates when the
boys vote for chief, unsure whether to support Ralph?
A. Simon
B. Roger
C. Jack
D. Piggy
Answer: D. Piggy
201. Ralph considers ______
the most important thing on the island.
A. food
B. the fire
C. avoiding the beast
D. the conch
Answer: B. the fire
202. Which of the following
characters is not held as a prisoner by Jack and his hunters?
A. Sam
B. Piggy
C. Wilfred
D. Eric
Answer: B. Piggy
203. All of the following are
locations on the island except which?
A. the scar
B. the volcano
C. the lagoon
D. Castle Rock
Answer: B. the volcano
204. Jack jokes that they
could actually kill _____ in place of a pig during their dance.
A. Simon
B. Piggy
C. Ralph
D. a "littlun"
Answer: D. a "littlun"
205. The conch shell can
symbolize all of the following except:
A. democracy
B. authoritarianism
C. order
D. authority
Answer: B. authoritarianism
206. Which of the following
characters has the strongest religious sensibility?
A. Samneric
B. Simon
C. Jack
D. Piggy
Answer: B. Simon
207. Which of the following is
a direct Satanic symbol?
A. The pig's head
B. The spear sharpened at both
ends
C. The pilot
D. Percival
Answer: A. The pig's head
208. Which event in human
history does not have a direct parallel in Lord of the Flies?
A. the move away from
hunter-gatherer societies
B. the development of government
C. the development of private
property
D. the discovery of fire
Answer: A. the move away from
hunter-gatherer societies
209. Ralph best represents
which aspect of human nature?
A. instinct
B. moral choice
C. intellect
D. spirituality
Answer: B. moral choice
210. Who is the first to be
killed by the other boys?
A. Ralph
B. Piggy
C. Simon
D. Jack
Answer: C. Simon
211. Who tries to maintain
order and civilization on the island?
A. Ralph
B. Piggy
C. Simon
D. Jack
Answer: A. Ralph
212. Who becomes increasingly
savage and violent throughout the course of the novel?
A. Ralph
B. Piggy
C. Simon
D. Jack
Answer: D. Jack
213. Who is described as
having a "mulberry-colored birthmark" on his face?
A. Ralph
B. Piggy
C. Simon
D. A Littlun
Answer: D. A Littlun, 6 years
old, whose name is not mentioned in the novel
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