| The destruction of the conch symbolizes | the destruction of law and order, peace, and democracy |
| The first two characters represented in the novel are | Ralph and Piggy |
| What purpose does the face paint most closely serve for Jack | a mask and represents his change to savagery |
| What is Piggy’s role in this mini-society | help Ralph maintain order on the island |
| What is Ralph’s role in this mini-society | leader who strives for social order |
| Jack represents | the evils of society and anarchy |
| One of Piggy’s medical problems is that he | has asthma |
| The conch is symbolic of | law and order |
| The fire is symbolic of | hope |
| Piggy’s specs are symbolic of | wisdom, knowledge |
| The island is symbolic of and referred to as | the beast |
| The author of the novel | William Golding |
| What is the conch, and what is it used for | a shell that is used to call order to meetings and to hold in order to speak |
| The boys initially built a fire on the mountain | so that a passing ship might see the smoke and rescue them |
| How did the boys happen to come to the island | plane crashed when it ran out of gas |
| What is Jack’s role in this mini-society | lead the choir group, or hunters, and any other boys that wish to join |
| Ralph symbolizes | organized society and moral integrity |
| The protagonists of the novel | Ralph and Piggy |
| I am obsessed with hunting for the pig | Jack |
| Used to maintain order and when holding it, only one person can speak | conch shell |
| I’m the leader of the group. I embarrassed Piggy by telling the others about his nickname. | Ralph |
| I have asthma. My mother and father are dead. I cannot swim. | Piggy |
| The first two characters that readers meet are | Piggy and Ralph |
| The Lord of the Flies is symbolic of | the internal potential for evil |
| Who said it- “I’m not going to play any longer. Not with you.” | Jack |
| Who said it- “What are you doing here all alone? Aren’t you afraid of me?” | Lord of the Flies |
| Who said it- “Now I only got one eye. Just you wait!” | Piggy |
| the boys murdered Simon because | they think he is “batty”, and they become savage-like |
| Simon recognizes that the beast | is within each of them |
| The bodies of Simon and Piggy are | washed out to sea |
| While staring at the severed pig’s head, Simon has a mystical experience that reveals to him that the best is | the evil within the human heart and mind |
| Jack puts the sow’s head on a stick | as a gift for the beast |
| Ralph, Piggy and the littluns feel that the death of Simon | was an accident |
| A wild boar eats the littlun with the mulberry-stained birthmark on his face | False |
| Golding uses imagery to paint a picture of the setting | True |
| The boys are stranded on an island because their boat ran out of gas | False |
| The boys use Piggy’s glasses to start the fire | True |
| Piggy’s glasses are symbolic of the tendency to overlook responsibilities | False |
| A simile is a comparison between two things using the words like or as | True |
| Foreshadowing is when something happens in the text that gives readers a clue about what is going to happen later in the story | True |
Lord of the Flies Final Test Study Guide
February 10, 2020