Lord of the Flies

Question 1

What is symbolism?

Accepted Answer

a person, place, or thing represents something else

Question 2

Who goes to the mountaintop to see the beast?

Accepted Answer

Jack and Ralph

Question 3

What does it mean when something is taboo?

Accepted Answer

forbidden from use or mention

Question 4

What is found on the beach that represents authority and control?

Accepted Answer

The Conch

Question 5

What do the children use to start the fire?

Accepted Answer

Piggy's glasses

Question 6

Who is Samneric?

Accepted Answer

a set of twins that speak in nearly perfect unison

Question 7

How does the boy with the mulberry-colored birthmark die?

Accepted Answer

he is killed by a fire that gets out of control

Question 8

What does it mean to saunter?

Accepted Answer

to walk at a leisurely pace

Question 9

Jeer is to...

Accepted Answer

taunt or mock

Question 10

Why does Ralph want fire?

Accepted Answer

it will signal for help and be a sign of hope

Question 11

Who strives for social order?

Accepted Answer

Ralph

Question 12

How many shelters are made in total?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 13

Who/what was called Lord of the Flies?

Accepted Answer

a severed sow's head

Question 14

Piggy's specs are a symbol of...

Accepted Answer

wisdom, knowledge

Question 15

What does it mean to be oppressive?

Accepted Answer

using power unjustly

Question 16

Which character can be considered mystical?

Accepted Answer

Simon

Question 17

How did the boys come to the island?

Accepted Answer

their plane was shot down

Question 18

What word means difficult to understand?

Accepted Answer

inscrutable

Question 19

Who said it: "What are you doing here all alone? Aren't you afraid of me?"

Accepted Answer

Lord of the Flies

Question 20

Who is a protagonist of the story?

Accepted Answer

Ralph

Question 21

Who says shelters are more important to be made than fire?

Accepted Answer

Piggy

Question 22

What does the conch symbolize?

Accepted Answer

civilization and order

Question 23

Decorous most closely means...

Accepted Answer

exhibiting appropriate behavior

Question 24

What does the destruction of the conch symbolize?

Accepted Answer

the destruction of law and order

Question 25

What does the word mutinously mean?

Accepted Answer

unruly, insubordinate

Question 26

Where are the boys originally from?

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England

Question 27

Roger kicks over some sand castles and throws rocks at...

Accepted Answer

Henry

Question 28

Which of the following is one of the rules that Ralph established in the beginning of the novel

Accepted Answer

You may only speak if you are holding the conch

Question 29

What is Simon's nickname for the plants of the forest?

Accepted Answer

Candle buds

Question 30

Blatant means...

Accepted Answer

very obvious

Question 31

What is the island referred to as?

Accepted Answer

the scar

Question 32

Foreshadowing is like a clue in the text that previews what is going to happen in the story?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

Repeated initial consonants in two or more words or syllables is...

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 34

Ralph can be described as being...

Accepted Answer

morally responsible, having common sense, and kind

Question 35

Similes are used for comparing two unlike objects with like or as?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

Which is the first character introduced in the novel?

Accepted Answer

Ralph

Question 37

What happens to the bodies of Simon and Piggy?

Accepted Answer

they are washed out to sea

Question 38

Piggy can be described as ...

Accepted Answer

having vast knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom

Question 39

The conch was destroyed with/by...

Accepted Answer

a boulder

Question 40

What does the face paint symbolize for Jack?

Accepted Answer

a mask and change to savagery

Question 41

What medical condition does Piggy have?

Accepted Answer

asthma

Question 42

Who said it: "Now I only got one eye. Just you wait."

Accepted Answer

Piggy

Question 43

What did Jack do to try and kill Ralph?

Accepted Answer

smoke him out

Question 44

At the beginning of the novel, Jack appears to be leader of which group of boys?

Accepted Answer

The choir boys

Question 45

What was the first meal that the boys had on the island?

Accepted Answer

Fruit from the trees

Question 46

Who is the author of Lord of the Flies?

Accepted Answer

William Golding

Question 47

What might Jack represent?

Accepted Answer

anarchy

Question 48

How does Piggy die?

Accepted Answer

Roger kills him with a stone

Question 49

Who kills Simon?

Accepted Answer

Jack's tribe think hes the beastie so they attack

Question 50

Who tries to speak by grabbing the conch just before it breaks?

Accepted Answer

Piggy

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