15-16 Lord of the Flies Review

Question 1

Which event ended the Cold War in 1991?

Accepted Answer

The fall of the Berlin Wall

Question 2

What does the plane leave when it crashes onto the island?

Accepted Answer

a scar

Question 3

In Chapter 8, Jack, ______________, and Roger plan to steal Ralph's fire.

Accepted Answer

Maurice

Question 4

Which boy had hair that never seemed to grow?

Accepted Answer

Piggy

Question 5

What was the chant that Jack and his tribe were singing during the party?

Accepted Answer

Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood!

Question 6

Jack and his hunters gave the beast a gift that was known as...

Accepted Answer

The Lord of the Flies

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT an example of what the Lord of the Flies symbolizes?

Accepted Answer

Transforms Simon and the parachute guy into "beasts"

Question 8

Who first brought up the subject of "the beast"?

Accepted Answer

Littlun with a birthmark

Question 9

In Ch. 3, what is Jack's reasoning as to why nobody wants to work?

Accepted Answer

They want meat

Question 10

What does the dead parachutist symbolize?

Accepted Answer

Evil developing on the island

Question 11

What is the main reason that the boys build a fire on the top of the mountain?

Accepted Answer

to signal passing ships

Question 12

What was Jack's tribe doing when Ralph was hiding in the thicket?

Accepted Answer

Dancing

Question 13

In Chapter 11, Ralph calls Jack a thief because Jack...

Accepted Answer

stole Piggy's glasses

Question 14

What do the boys use to light the fire for most of the book?

Accepted Answer

Piggy's glasses

Question 15

Why is the jungle set on fire?

Accepted Answer

To flush Ralph out of there.

Question 16

What happened to the parachuter who fell from the sky?

Accepted Answer

he was dead

Question 17

Which two nations had tense relations during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

US and Soviet Union

Question 18

What does Jack camoflage himself with?

Accepted Answer

charcoal and clay

Question 19

Who raided the hut that Ralph and his followers were staying in?

Accepted Answer

Jack, Maurice, Roger

Question 20

Which country became a Communist nation in 1949?

Accepted Answer

China

Question 21

Bert the turtle wants you to remember to __________________.

Accepted Answer

duck and cover

Question 22

What happened to Simon at Jack's gathering?

Accepted Answer

He was brutally beaten, then killed

Question 23

When the boys are rescued, how many people does Ralph say died on the island?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 24

Who broke Piggy's glasses?

Accepted Answer

Jack

Question 25

In Ch. 4, what passed by the island that could have saved the boys?

Accepted Answer

a ship

Question 26

Who kept telling Ralph not to leave him?

Accepted Answer

Piggy

Question 27

What is Jack the symbol of?

Accepted Answer

savagery

Question 28

How long did the Cold War last?

Accepted Answer

About 50 years.

Question 29

In Chapter 1, which boy do Ralph and Piggy meet first?

Accepted Answer

Jack

Question 30

In what year did the Soviets test their first atomic bomb?

Accepted Answer

1949

Question 31

Why does the naval officer come to the island in Ch. 12?

Accepted Answer

because of the signal fire

Question 32

Who is the ineffective intellectual?

Accepted Answer

Piggy

Question 33

What do the huts symbolize?

Accepted Answer

desire to preserve civilization

Question 34

"Conch! Conch! We don't need a conch anymore! We know who ought to say things!" Who said it?

Accepted Answer

Jack

Question 35

The conch shell means...

Accepted Answer

...law and order; fragile like civilization

Question 36

Roger's name means "__________" in German.

Accepted Answer

spear

Question 37

What does the face paint symbolize?

Accepted Answer

Becoming a new person.

Question 38

What does Jack do at the end of Chapter 5?

Accepted Answer

Walks away and forms his own tribe

Question 39

Who went missing in Ch. 3?

Accepted Answer

nobody

Question 40

In Chapter 2, who is elected leader of the boys?

Accepted Answer

Ralph

Question 41

In Chapter 3, who were the only people building huts?

Accepted Answer

Ralph and Simon

Question 42

What was the MAIN fear for U.S. citizens during the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Total atomic annihilation from the atomic bomb

Question 43

At the beginning of Ch. 9, Simon is...

Accepted Answer

asleep and alive

Question 44

Who was the president of the U.S. when the Cold War began?

Accepted Answer

Harry Truman

Question 45

Where do the littluns build their sand castles?

Accepted Answer

the bar of the little river

Question 46

Which of the following symbols represents Simon?

Accepted Answer

wisdom

Question 47

Which choir boy faints when the boys first get to the island?

Accepted Answer

$imon

Question 48

Who suggested climbing the mountain to "face the beast like a man"?

Accepted Answer

Simon

Question 49

What did the boys do after they told the officer their story in Chapter 12?

Accepted Answer

Cry

Question 50

What did families build for protection from the atomic bomb? (What were they called?)

Accepted Answer

fallout shelters

Question 51

What was Roger's weapon?

Accepted Answer

a stick sharpened at both ends

Question 52

Which colors best represent/symbolize good and evil?

Accepted Answer

white/black

Question 53

What is one trait of communism?

Accepted Answer

private property does not exist

Question 54

Who created the Loyalty Review Board?

Accepted Answer

Harry Truman

Question 55

Who started to bite their nails again in Ch. 7?

Accepted Answer

Ralph

Question 56

What did Simon represent?

Accepted Answer

a "Christ figure"

Question 57

What does the Lord of the Flies symbolize?

Accepted Answer

Satin

Question 58

Who killed whom, and with what?

Accepted Answer

Roger killed Piggy with a rock.

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