Lord of the Flies Test Review

Review your notes:

- all chapter questions - chart on conflict - character profiles - notes on chapters 8-12 - notes on symbolism and allegory - notes on theme (see reverse of this sheet) - notes on significance of a passage (quotes)

Test Structure:

- some multiple choice - short answer - paragraph

Consider the following questions:

1. The novel is largely about good vs. evil. Think of some examples from the novel that illustrate this idea. Which do you think wins in the end? What might this say about human nature?

2. The novel is on an island and is centered around a group of young boys. What is the significance of these choices? Consider what might have unfolded if the novel had had a different setting or a different group on it.

3. Make a list of the types of conflict in the novel. Which type of conflict in the novel creates the greatest problems? Why? Use specific examples.

4. Golding has stated that the main theme of the novel is to trace “the defects of society back to the defects of human nature”. What defects of human nature do you think Golding is illustrating in his novel? How are they the cause of some of the defects in society? Theme: A theme statement is a universal (can apply to anyone) message that can be determined from the events in a work of literature.

To create a theme statement, first determine some of the central topics . For example, in Romeo and Juliet one of the theme topics could be love.

Make a list from LOTF:

Now, consider how that TOPIC is treated. Is it a positive treatment or a negative treatment?

Choose one of your topics and write about how it appears in the novel.

EX: Love causes Romeo to do some crazy things like go to a party he was not invited to, to elope, to kill a man, to die.

Do the same for LOTF:

Now, write a sentence that expresses the result of the topic and treatment.

EX: Great sacrifices are made in the name of love.

Try to write one for one of your LOTF topics: