MCQs - "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

 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

46. What do Ralph and Piggy say about Simon's death?

A. Ralph says it was murder; Piggy insists it wasn't

B. Ralph says it was an accident; Piggy calls it murder

C. They both refuse to talk about it

D. They both say they can't remember what happened

Answer: A. Ralph says it was murder; Piggy insists it wasn't

47. Who is left in Ralph's group?

A. Everyone except Jack, Roger, and Robert

B. Only Piggy

C. Piggy and Wilfred

D. Piggy, Sam and Eric, and the littluns

Answer: D. Piggy, Sam and Eric, and the littluns

48. Who is Wilfred?

A. A boy Roger throws stones at

B. Wilfred is the name they gave to the sow they ate at the feast

C. A boy Jack ties up and beats for no apparent reason

D. An older boy who challenges Jack's right to be chief

Answer: C. A boy Jack ties up and beats for no apparent reason

49. What does Jack's group think about Simon's death?

A. They think it was murder

B. They think it was an accident

C. They are filled with overwhelming grief and sadness

D. They think it was necessary because the beast was inhabiting him

Answer: D. They think it was necessary because the beast was inhabiting him

50. What happens to Piggy's glasses?

A. Piggy hides them so Jack's tribe can't steal them for fire

B. Jack's tribe steals them in the middle of the night

C. Jack breaks them

D. Piggy loses them

Answer: B. Jack's tribe steals them in the middle of the night

51. What does Piggy decide he must do?

A. Hide, before Jack’s tribe hunts him down

B. Give up and live without glasses

C. Confront Jack and ask for his glasses back

D. Kill Jack

Answer: C. Confront Jack and ask for his glasses back

52. What happens to Sam and Eric?

A. Jack orders that they be tied up so he can make them join his tribe.

B. Roger beats them up.

C. They beg Jack to let them join his tribe.

D. Ralph and Piggy kick them out of their group.

Answer: A. Jack orders that they be tied up so he can make them join his tribe.

53. What does Ralph decide to bring with them?

A. A white flag

B. The conch

C. A pig’s head

D. Burning branches

Answer: B. The conch

54. How does Piggy die?

A. Jack ties him up and stabs him with a spear.

B. Roger sends a giant boulder crashing down on top of him.

C. The boys hunt him and stab him to death.

D. In a moment of panic, he jumps off a cliff.

Answer: B. Roger sends a giant boulder crashing down on top of him.

55. Why does Ralph run?

A. Because he has an idea for how to take control of the situation

B. Because the boys start throwing spears at him

C. Because Jack challenges him to a race

D. Because he sees a British ship anchoring along the shore

Answer: B. Because the boys start throwing spears at him

56. What happens when Ralph comes across the Lord of the Flies?

A. He starts to have a fit of trembling and passes out.

B. He breaks down sobbing and prays to it for help.

C. He runs from it in fear, knocking it over by accident as he passes.

D. He knocks it down and grabs the spear the head was stuck on.

Answer: D. He knocks it down and grabs the spear the head was stuck on.

57. How do the boys get Ralph to come out of the thicket?

A. They tell him they’ll kill Sam and Eric if he doesn’t come out.

B. They set the entire forest on fire.

C. Wilfred finds a passageway in and they rush him with spears.

D. They wait for days until he gets so hungry he has to come out for food.

Answer: B. They set the entire forest on fire.

58. What does the officer reproach Ralph for?

A. Not addressing him politely

B. Burning down the island

C. Letting all sense of order disintegrate so quickly

D. Winding up on the island in the first place

Answer: C. Letting all sense of order disintegrate so quickly

59. Whom does Ralph see above him when he falls on the beach?

A. Jack with a spear

B. A vision of his mother

C. A British naval officer

D. The beast

Answer: C. A British naval officer

60. What do the boys do when they realize they’ve been rescued?

A. They throw their spears at the British officer

B. They all start sobbing

C. They refuse to leave

D. They run back into the forest

Answer: B. They all start sobbing

61. Who is the Lord of the Flies?

A. Jack

B. A pig’s head stuck on a stick

C. The beast

D. A large fly Simon sees in the clearing

Answer: B. A pig’s head stuck on a stick

62. What is Roger like?

A. Quiet, kind, and sensitive

B. Prone to hysterics

C. Particularly cruel and sadistic

D. Unusually methodical and detail oriented

Answer: C. Particularly cruel and sadistic

63. What is “Samneric”?

A. An expression Piggy uses to describe sitting on a sandy log

B. A large red boulder that the kids are impressed with

C. The password that Jack’s tribe members call out when approaching their camp at night

D. The nickname for the twin boys Sam and Eric

Answer: D. The nickname for the twin boys Sam and Eric

64. What are Piggy’s chief characteristics?

A. Whiney, intelligent, innovative

B. Strong and a good leader

C. Spacey, difficult to understand, rude

D. Eloquent, cagey, impressive

Answer: A. Whiney, intelligent, innovative

65. Which boy has a “civilizing instinct”?

A. Ralph

B. Simon

C. Piggy

D. Jack

Answer: A. Ralph

66. What does Jack represent?

A. Order, civilization, productive leadership

B. Spiritual goodness

C. Savagery, violence, desire for power

D. Childish curiosity and a sense of wonder

Answer: C. Savagery, violence, desire for power

67. What does Simon represent?

A. Order, civilization, productive leadership

B. Savagery, violence, desire for power

C. Dissent and the rebellious spirit

D. Spiritual goodness

Answer: D. Spiritual goodness

68. What does Ralph represent?

A. Spiritual goodness

B. Order, civilization, productive leadership

C. Savagery, violence, desire for power

D. The innocence of childhood

Answer: B. Order, civilization, productive leadership

69. What does Simon realize about the beast?

A. That it’s not a real beast; it’s the savagery within each person

B. That it can be pacified by making sacrifices to it

C. That it’s a real beast that comes in from the sea every night

D. That it’s a curable form of madness

Answer: A. That it’s not a real beast; it’s the savagery within each person

70. What happens as Jack becomes more and more savage?

A. He starts to feel great remorse for his actions.

B. He becomes better at controlling the other boys.

C. He forgets how to speak in a human language.

D. He loses the ability to control his tribe.

Answer: B. He becomes better at controlling the other boys.

71. What do Piggy’s glasses represent?

A. The power of the scientific and the rational

B. Order and stability

C. The potential energy of a system

D. A longing for home and family

Answer: A. The power of the scientific and the rational

72. What does the novel suggest is man’s natural state?

A. Defensive, timid, and non-confrontational

B. Savage, cruel, barbarous

C. At peace with life’s ambiguities

D. Sensible, ordered, farsighted

Answer: B. Savage, cruel, barbarous

73. What can civilization do about the instinct toward evil, according to the novel?

A. Civilization is powerless to control our impulses.

B. Civilization can completely eradicate the impulse toward evil.

C. Civilization exacerbates our evil instincts.

D. Civilization can help control our savage impulses.

Answer: D. Civilization can help control our savage impulses.

74. What serves as the measure of the boys' connection to civilization?

A. The boulders

B. The signal fire

C. Jack’s face paint

D. Piggy’s glasses

Answer: B. The signal fire

75. What is the major symbol of order and civilization in the novel?

A. Hunting

B. The conch

C. The beach

D. Piggy’s glasses

Answer: B. The conch

76. Who is the elected leader of the group?

A. Roger

B. Ralph

C. Simon

D. Piggy

Answer: B. Ralph

77. Jack commands which group?

A. The choirboys

B. The athletes

C. The farmers

D. The intellectuals

Answer: A. The choirboys

78. What was the sow doing when Jack and the hunters attacked it?

A. Sleeping

B. Bathing

C. Grazing

D. Nursing her piglets

Answer: D. Nursing her piglets

79. What did the hunters do with the sow after they killed it?

A. Hallucinate that it has come back to life

B. Mourn the loss of it and their violent actions

C. Leave it alone

D. Put its head on a stick and offer it as a sacrifice

Answer: D. Put its head on a stick and offer it as a sacrifice

80. Who is the only boy brave enough to discover the true identity of the beast?

A. Piggy

B. Ralph

C. Simon

D. Jack

Answer: C. Simon

81. What do Piggy’s glasses represent?

A. Man’s control over nature

B. The discovery of fire

C. Intellectualism

D. Truth

Answer: C. Intellectualism

82. Which is the best description of Simon?

A. He is a visionary and considered odd by the other boys

B. He is a charismatic leader who manipulates the other boys

C. He is a quiet intellectual who is accustomed to ridicule

D. He is an affable and easy-going boy whom everyone likes and admires

Answer: A. He is a visionary and considered odd by the other boys

83. Which characters are in charge of keeping the signal fire going?

A. Ralph and Jack

B. The Biguns

C. The Littluns

D. Samneric

Answer: D. Samneric

84. By the end of the book, who is dead?

A. Ralph, Piggy, and Simon

B. Piggy and Simon

C. Jack, Piggy, and Simon

D. Ralph, Jack, Piggy, and Simon

Answer: B. Piggy and Simon

85. What does the conch symbolize?

A. Jack’s desire to hunt freely

B. Eventual return to England

C. Civilized discourse

D. The undiluted beauty of nature

Answer: C. Civilized discourse

86. Who says the following: “Things are breaking up. I don’t understand why. We began well; we were happy . . . Then people starting getting frightened.”

A. Piggy

B. Ralph

C. Jack

D. Simon

Answer: B. Ralph

87. Who says the following: “What I mean is . . . maybe it’s [the beast] only us.”

A. Maurice

B. Jack

C. Roger

D. Simon

Answer: D. Simon

88. Who says the following: “This is our island. It’s a good island. Until the grown-ups come to fetch us we’ll have fun.”

A. Ralph

B. Jack

C. Piggy

D. Simon

Answer: A. Ralph

89. The boys ended up on the island because

A. they were exiled

B. their ship ran aground

C. their plane crashed

D. their parents sent them there to hide

Answer: C. their plane crashed

90. Who says the following: “I agree with Ralph. We’ve got to have rules and obey them. After all, we’re not savages . . . we’ve got to do the right things.”

A. Roger

B. Jack

C. Piggy

D. Simon

Answer: B. Jack

91. Who knocks the sow’s head off its spear?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Simon

D. Jack

Answer: A. Ralph

92. How was Ralph injured?

A. He accidentally stabbed himself with the double-ended spear

B. He fell from a small cliff

C. Roger tortured him

D. Jack hit him with a spear

Answer: D. Jack hit him with a spear

93. What do the boys use to start the signal fire?

A. Flint and steel

B. Matches

C. Piggy’s glasses

D. A magnifying glass

Answer: C. Piggy’s glasses

94. Who kills Piggy?

A. Ralph

B. Jack

C. Roger

D. Simon

Answer: C. Roger

95. Which boy believes the sow’s head speaks to him?

A. Ralph

B. Jack

C. Roger

D. Simon

Answer: D. Simon

96. After Simon is killed, what happens to his body?

A. It is carried out to sea by the tide

B. It is burned in a bonfire

C. It is buried on the beach

D. It is left on Castle Rock

Answer: A. It is carried out to sea by the tide

97. Jack orders a dance in response to what?

A. A successful hunt

B. A downpour

C. Simon’s return

D. The lighting of the signal fire

Answer: B. A downpour

98. Who finds the conch shell?

A. Piggy

B. Jack

C. Ralph

D. Simon

Answer: C. Ralph

99. When Ralph is voted as chief, he puts Jack in charge of which group?

A. The Littluns

B. The Bigguns

C. The choirboys

D. The dancers

Answer: C. The choirboys

100. Although the signal flame went out, the naval vessel found the boys’ island because

A. they heard Ralph blowing the conch shell

B. they heard Jack blowing the conch shell

C. they followed the trail of debris left by the boys’ ship

D. in their hunt for Ralph, the tribe set the island on fire

Answer: D. in their hunt for Ralph, the tribe set the island on fire

SET-2

101. What item does Ralph and Piggy find that they use to gather the other boys?

A. An oyster shell

B. A conch shell

C. A bugle

D. A trumpet

Answer: B. A conch shell

 

102. What does Piggy take to Jack’s camp in Chapter 11?

A. Food

B. A spear

C. The conch

D. Extra wood

Answer: C. The conch

 

103. Who is mistaken for the beast and killed in Chapter 9?

A. Maurice

B. Samneric

C. Simon

D. Henry

Answer: C. Simon

 

104. What clothing causes the choir to stand out from the others?

A. Badges on their sweaters

B. Their shorts

C. Capes and hats

D. Identical black sweaters

Answer: C. Capes and hats

 

105. How does Jack decide to overcome the problem of hunting pigs?

A. He practices running faster

B. He begins wearing makeup on his face

C. He begins walking in the jungle without shoes

D. He begins bathing every day

Answer: B. He begins wearing makeup on his face

 

106. Who does Ralph meet first on the island?

A. Simon

B. Piggy

C. Jack

D. Samneric

Answer: B. Piggy

 

107. Who agrees to be in charge of the signal fire?

A. Jack and the hunters

B. Simon and Piggy

C. Ralph and Jack

D. Samneric

Answer: A. Jack and the hunters

 

108. Who tells Ralph that Jack plans to hunt him?

A. Samneric

B. Piggy

C. Roger

D. Simon

Answer: B. Piggy

 

109. Why do Jack and a group of his tribe steal into Ralph’s camp in Chapter 10?

A. To steal fire

B. To steal Piggy’s glasses

C. To steal clothing

D. To steal food

Answer: B. To steal Piggy’s glasses

 

110. What problem does Jack believe is causing him to fail to kill a pig?

A. The pigs can see him

B. The pigs can outrun him

C. The pigs can smell him

D. The pigs can hear him

Answer: C. The pigs can smell him

 

111. What do the boys use to light the signal fire?

A. Someone’s matches

B. Electrical connections from the plane

C. A lighter

D. Piggy’s glasses

Answer: D. Piggy’s glasses

 

112. Who runs for leader against Ralph during the first meeting?

A. Jack

B. Simon

C. Roger

D. Piggy

Answer: A. Jack

 

113. Why were the students evacuated from their boarding school?

A. The building was declared unfit for use

B. The war front was moving too close

C. There was a flu epidemic

D. There was a typhoon coming

Answer: B. The war front was moving too close

 

114. What is the meaning of the double-pointed spear?

A. It is used to spit a pig

B. It is a decorative tool

C. It is a tool for planting vegetables

D. It is a weapon to fight with

Answer: A. It is used to spit a pig

 

115. Who goes with Ralph to explore the island?

A. Piggy and Samneric

B. Jack and Simon

C. Piggy and Simon

D. Jack and Samneric

Answer: B. Jack and Simon

 

116. Who decides they should look for the beast on the far side of the island in Chapter 6?

A. Samneric

B. Jack

C. Ralph

D. Piggy

Answer: B. Jack

 

117. What is a signal fire?

A. A fire to cook food on

B. A fire to keep the kids warm

C. A fire to draw pigs to the camp

D. A fire to draw the attention of would-be rescuers

Answer: D. A fire to draw the attention of would-be rescuers

 

118. Where do the boys think the beast makes its home?

A. The ocean

B. The jungle

C. Castle Rock

D. A cave

Answer: C. Castle Rock

 

119. What causes Ralph to feel the others are being mutinous?

A. They prefer to follow Jack

B. They refuse to listen when he wants to return to relight the signal fire

C. They decide to hunt instead of searching for the beast

D. They refuse to search Castle Rock under his orders

Answer: B. They refuse to listen when he wants to return to relight the signal fire

 

120. Who decides to split from Ralph’s group?

A. Simon

B. Roger

C. Jack

D. Piggy

Answer: C. Jack

 

121. Who stays with the Littluns during the hunt for the beast?

A. Simon

B. Ralph

C. Roger

D. Piggy

Answer: D. Piggy

 

122. Why do Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric go to Jack’s camp in Chapter 11?

A. To ask to become tribe members

B. To ask for meat

C. To borrow fire

D. To confront Jack over the theft

Answer: D. To confront Jack over the theft

 

123. Who starts the fire that leads to the boys being rescued?

A. Piggy and Simon

B. Samneric

C. Jack and his hunters

D. Ralph

Answer: C. Jack and his hunters

 

124. Who sees the beast first in Chapter 6?

A. Samneric

B. Piggy

C. Littluns

D. Ralph

Answer: A. Samneric

 

125. Why were the students dropped onto the island?

A. The kids were annoying the pilot

B. The plane was having mechanical problems

C. They were flying into a storm

D. Their plane was attacked

Answer: D. Their plane was attacked

126. What is the central theme of "Lord of the Flies"?

A. The power of civilization over savagery

B. The power of savagery over civilization

C. The importance of individualism over collectivism

D. The importance of collectivism over individualism

Answer: B. The power of savagery over civilization

 

127. Who is the protagonist of "Lord of the Flies"?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Simon

D. Jack

Answer: A. Ralph

 

128. Who is the first character to die in the novel?

A. Piggy

B. Simon

C. Jack

D. Ralph

Answer: B. Simon

 

129. What is the significance of the conch shell in the novel?

A. It represents the power of civilization and order

B. It represents the power of savagery and chaos

C. It represents the power of individualism over collectivism

D. It represents the power of collectivism over individualism

Answer: A. It represents the power of civilization and order

 

130. Who represents reason and intellect in the novel?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Jack

D. Simon

Answer: B. Piggy

 

131. Who becomes increasingly savage and violent throughout the novel?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Jack

D. Simon

Answer: C. Jack

 

132. Who discovers the truth about the "beast" on the island?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Jack

D. Simon

Answer: D. Simon

 

133. Who is killed by the other boys after he tries to reason with them?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Jack

D. Simon

Answer: B. Piggy

 

134. What is the final outcome of the novel?

A. The boys are rescued by a passing ship

B. The boys continue to live on the island as savages

C. The boys are killed in a battle between the hunters and Ralph's group

D. The boys are rescued by a passing ship

Answer: D. The boys are rescued by a passing ship

 

135. The naval officer rescuing the boys at the end of the novel is a literary technique called ..................?

A. Ab Ovo

B. In Medias Res

C. Dues Ex Machina

D. Negative Capability

Answer: C. Dues Ex Machina

 

136. What does the "Lord of the Flies" symbolize in the novel?

A. The power of civilization and order

B. The power of savagery and chaos

C. The power of reason and intellect

D. The power of nature and the elements

Answer: B. The power of savagery and chaos

 

137. What is the significance of the title "Lord of the Flies"?

A. It refers to the pig's head that the boys place on a stick

B. It refers to the nickname given to Jack by the other boys

C. It refers to the naval officer who rescues the boys

D. It refers to the tribal leader chosen by the boys

Answer: A. It refers to the pig's head that the boys place on a stick

 

138. Who initially suggests the idea of creating a signal fire on the island?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Jack

D. Simon

Answer: A. Ralph

 

139. What is the significance of the "beast" on the island?

A. It symbolizes the boys' fear of the unknown and their own primal instincts

B. It represents an actual monster that lives on the island

C. It is a hallucination caused by the boys' hunger and exhaustion

D. It represents the boys' fear of being stranded on the island forever

Answer: A. It symbolizes the boys' fear of the unknown and their own primal instincts

 

140. Who suggests that the boys hunt pigs for food?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Jack

D. Simon

Answer: C. Jack

 

141. Who is killed during the pig hunt?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Jack

D. Simon

Answer: D. Simon

 

142. Who represents spirituality and a connection to nature in the novel?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Jack

D. Simon

Answer: D. Simon

 

143. What is the ultimate message of the novel "Lord of the Flies"?

A. That humans are inherently good and will always choose civilization over savagery

B. That humans are inherently evil and will always choose savagery over civilization

C. That humans are capable of both good and evil, and the outcome depends on the circumstances and choices made

D. That humans are powerless in the face of nature and the elements

Answer: C. That humans are capable of both good and evil, and the outcome depends on the circumstances and choices made

 

144. What is the name of the island where the boys are stranded in "Lord of the Flies"?

A. Treasure Island

B. Coral Island

C. Skull Island

D. Paradise Island

Answer: B. Coral Island

 

145. What does the character of Piggy symbolize in the novel?

A. Reason and intellect

B. Savage brutality

C. Innocence and purity

D. Spiritual and mystical connection

Answer: A. Reason and intellect

 

146. What is the significance of the "beast" being a figment of the boys' imagination?

A. It shows that the real danger on the island is not a monster, but the boys themselves

B. It shows that the boys are unable to distinguish reality from fantasy

C. It shows that the boys are not mature enough to handle the challenges of survival on the island

D. It shows that the boys are suffering from a shared delusion caused by the stress of their situation

Answer: A. It shows that the real danger on the island is not a monster, but the boys themselves

 

147. Who becomes a scapegoat for the boys' problems on the island?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Simon

D. Samneric

Answer: B. Piggy

 

148. Who becomes a sort of "warlord" on the island, leading the other boys into savagery?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Simon

D. Jack

Answer: D. Jack

 

149. What is the significance of the fire that the boys light on the island?

A. It symbolizes the boys' hope for rescue and civilization

B. It symbolizes the boys' destructive power and tendency towards violence

C. It symbolizes the boys' connection to nature and the elements

D. It symbolizes the boys' fear of the unknown and their own primal instincts

Answer: A. It symbolizes the boys' hope for rescue and civilization

 

150. What is the name of the character who first suggests that the "beast" may be a dead parachutist?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Simon

D. Samneric

Answer: C. Simon

 

151. What is the name of the character who is responsible for the death of Piggy?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Simon

D. Roger

Answer: D. Roger

 

152. What is the name of the group that Jack forms to hunt pigs?

A. The Savages

B. The Hunters

C. The Killers

D. The Warriors

Answer: B. The Hunters

 

153. Who represents the destructive power of human nature?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Simon

D. Jack

Answer: D. Jack

 

154. Whose responsibility is it to maintain the first signal fire?

A. Piggy’s

B. The hunters’

C. Sam and Eric’s

D. The littluns’

Answer: B. The hunters’

 

155. What powers does Jack ascribe to the beast after Simon’s murder?

A. Immortality and the power to change shape

B. Telepathy and the power to change shape

C. Immortality and telepathy

D. Enormous strength and murderous cunning

Answer: A. Immortality and the power to change shape

 

156. How does the first boy disappear?

A. Roger crushes him with a boulder.

B. The other boys kill him with their bare hands.

C. A boar gores him.

D. He burns to death when the signal fire ignites the forest.

Answer: D. He burns to death when the signal fire ignites the forest.

 

157. Who is the first boy to disappear?

A. Piggy

B. Simon

C. Clark

D. A littlun

Answer: D. A littlun

 

158. Where does the beast go during the day, according to one littlun?

A. Into the ocean

B. Into the air

C. Into the fire

D. Into the caves near the Castle Rock

Answer: A. Into the ocean

 

159. Who sees the dead parachutist first?

A. Ralph

B. Sam and Eric

C. Jack

D. Piggy

Answer: B. Sam and Eric

 

160. Which character speaks to the Lord of the Flies?

A. Phil

B. Ralph

C. Piggy

D. Simon

Answer: D. Simon

 

161. What lures the navy ship to the island?

A. The fire in the jungle

B. The roar of the beast

C. The signal fire

D. The shortwave radio

Answer: A. The fire in the jungle

 

162. Whom does Jack strike shortly after his first kill?

A. Ralph

B. Francis

C. Piggy

D. Roger

Answer: C. Piggy

 

163. When Piggy is killed, what else is destroyed?

A. The shortwave radio

B. The conch shell

C. The Lord of the Flies

D. The signal fire

Answer: B. The conch shell

 

164. What is Ralph’s first act upon being elected leader?

A. Planning the building of the signal fire

B. Naming Piggy his chief advisor

C. Naming Simon the leader of the mystics

D. Naming Jack the leader of the hunters

Answer: D. Naming Jack the leader of the hunters

 

165. What object does Ralph clutch when he talks about Simon’s murder?

A. The sow’s head

B. The conch shell

C. Piggy’s glasses

D. A spear

Answer: B. The conch shell

 

166. Who is the only boy to kill someone on the island by himself?

A. Piggy

B. Jack

C. Roger

D. Robert

Answer: C. Roger

 

167. What does Jack suggest the boys use as the “pig” in their dance-like reenactment of the hunt?

A. A littlun

B. Piggy

C. Ralph

D. A real pig

Answer: A. A littlun

 

168. Which boy treats the littluns with the most kindness?

A. Simon

B. Jack

C. Piggy

D. Ralph

Answer: A. Simon

 

169. Which boy would rather hunt than build huts?

A. Simon

B. Jack

C. Piggy

D. Ralph

Answer: B. Jack

 

170. Where is Jack’s tribe headquarters?

A. Next to Ralph’s

B. On the mountain of the beast

C. Deep in the jungle

D. At the Castle Rock

Answer: D. At the Castle Rock

 

171. What tool or tools do the boys use to make fire?

A. A flint and steel

B. Ralph’s tinderbox

C. Piggy’s glasses

D. Matches from the airplane

Answer: C. Piggy’s glasses

 

172. What is the boys’ home country?

A. England

B. Australia

C. New Zealand

D. Canada

Answer: A. England

 

173. Who kills Piggy?

A. Ralph

B. Roger

C. Sam and Eric

D. Simon

Answer: B. Roger

 

174. What surrounds Simon’s body as it floats into the sea?

A. Sharks

B. Eels

C. A cloud of blood

D. Glowing fish

Answer: D. Glowing fish

 

175. Who knocks the Lord of the Flies to the ground?

A. Ralph

B. Roger

C. Simon

D. Piggy

Answer: A. Ralph

 

176. On what obstruction does the dead parachutist become tangled?

A. Tree limbs

B. Jagged rocks

C. The roof of the hut

D. The Castle Rock

Answer: B. Jagged rocks

 

177. Who tells Jack where Ralph is hiding in Chapter 12?

A. Simon

B. Roger

C. A littlun

D. Sam and Eric

Answer: D. Sam and Eric

 

178. Which boy does not dance at Jack’s first feast?

A. Simon

B. Ralph

C. Piggy

D. Jack

Answer: A. Simon

 

179. Who is elected as the leader of the boys on the island?

A. Piggy

B. Simon

C. Jack

D. Ralph

Answer: D. Ralph

 

180. What is the name of the shell used to call meetings?

A. The trumpet

B. The conch

C. The horn

D. The shell

Answer: B. The conch

 

181. Which character represents intelligence and reason?

A. Piggy

B. Simon

C. Jack

D. Ralph

Answer: A. Piggy

 

182. Which character is compared to Jesus Christ?

A. Piggy

B. Simon

C. Jack

D. Ralph

Answer: B. Simon

 

83. What is the 'beast' that the boys fear on the island?

A. A snake

B. A wild boar

C. A dead pilot

D. A ghost

Answer: C. A dead pilot

 

184. Which character is the first to die on the island?

A. Piggy

B. Simon

C. Jack

D. The boy with the mulberry birthmark

Answer: D. The boy with the mulberry birthmark

 

185. Ralph uses what to summon the other boys?

A. a whistle

B. a conch shell

C. a bell

D. a fire

Answer: B. a conch shell

 

186. Piggy suffers from what?

A. asthma

B. blindness

C. diabetes

D. insomnia

Answer: A. asthma

 

187. Jack and his "hunters" are actually what type of group?

A. military school cadets

B. juvenile delinquents

C. football team

D. choir

Answer: D. choir

 

188. The boys are stranded on an island where?

A. the Caribbean Sea

B. the North Atlantic

C. the Indian Ocean

D. the Pacific Ocean

Answer: D. the Pacific Ocean

 

189. Who identifies the island as part of a Coral Reef?

A. Simon

B. Jack

C. Ralph

D. Piggy

Answer: C. Ralph

 

190. "Samneric" refers to what or whom?

A. the island

B. the Lord of the Flies

C. the youngest boys

D. the twins

Answer: D. the twins

 

91. "Creepers" refers to what?

A. snakes

B. worms

C. vines

D. insects

Answer: C. vines

 

192. Ralph's father is what?

A. an advisor to Queen Elizabeth

B. a cartographer for the Scottish coast guard

C. a pilot in the English air force

D. an officer in the English navy

Answer: D. an officer in the English navy

 

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