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Jack & Ralph
Name the two leaders who are in constant conflict throughout the story.
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b) innately evil
According to Golding, humans are which of the following?
a) innately virtuous b) innately evil c) innately fearful d) innately fearless |
B) The boys' plane crashes into an island.
What is the exposition of the story?
A) The boys' ship crashes into an island. B) The boys' plane crashes into an island. C) The boys are on an island for a field trip. D) A naval officer drops the boys off on the island. |
Democracy
What does the conch shell represent at the beginning of the novel?
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Roger
What character begins throwing stones at littluns on the beach and eventually throws a bolder at Piggy?
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The strongest leader who shoes the most strength and offers immediate protection.
According to Golding, who will people turn to when they are threatened or afraid?
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D) Make one large signal fire
What plan of rescue do the boys create to get off the island?
A) Spell help with conch shells. B) Place a white t-shirt on top of the mountain. C) Make many small fires for food/smoke. D) Make one large signal fire |
Piggy's glasses represent intelligence, rationality, and civility. When the glasses are shattered, this represents the disappearance of civility from the boys on the island (primarily the hunters).
What do Piggy's glasses represent and what does it mean when they break?
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Fat, asthmatic, wears glasses, responsible, intelligent, logical, annoying, etc.
List at least three characteristics to describe the main character Piggy.
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To relieve themselves of the guilt associated with completing taboo acts or acts outside of a person's typical character
Why does Golding have Jack and the others paint their faces with dazzle paint before going off to battle?
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When the Lord of the Flies warns him that he must stay away from the other boys or he will be doomed.
How was Simon's death foreshadowed?
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The darkness in humanity and savagery.
What does the beast represent?
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a) virtue
Simon's character is said to be an allegory for what human ideal:
a) virtue b) intelligence c) authority d) innate evil |
That although the grown ups promise rescue/hope for the boys (because they live in a world of civil order), they too struggle with same violent tendencies and innate evil the boys were faced with on the island.
As the novel closes, the Naval Officer sees a cruiser off in the distance. Explain what Golding was trying to symbolically infer by having the Naval Officer view this ship as he is rescuing the boys.
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Tell the boys that his name is Piggy, the one name that Piggy asked Ralph (in confidence) not to share with the others)
What does Ralph do at the beginning of the novel to show his initial disregard for and annoyance with Piggy?
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The Lord of the Flies becomes both a physical manifestation of the beast, a symbol of the power of evil, and a kind of Satan figure who evokes the beast within each human being.
What does the Lord of the Flies represent?
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