Lotf Exam Study Guide

Lord of the Flies GHP Exam

For Questions 1-3, match up the terms below with the statement that best illustrates it:

1. Bildungsroman

2. Allegory

3. Microcosm

A. Lord of the Flies is a work that teaches readers through symbolic objects and characters that human beings all have a darkness within them that can be unleashed in certain circumstances.

B. Throughout the course of Lord of the Flies, the main character moves from a naïve belief in people’s willingness to do what’s right to a realization of the darkness of a man’s heart.

C. Lord of the Flies is a novel that represents the essential functions and dysfunctions of a society on an island scale.

D. Lord of the Flies, Ralph remains a character who stays true to himself inside this island society, supported by the symbols of civilization and order.

4. The ego’s main function is to A. adhere strictly to the rules of society B. meet all the desires of the self C. balance wants against consequences D. kill the aggression of the individual E. create new rules that please the superego

5. Which description of the conch appears in the scene in which Jack says, “Bollocks to the rules?” A. “Exposure to the air had bleached the yellow and pink to near-white, and transparency.” B. “By him stood Piggy still holding out the talisman, the fragile, shining beauty of the shell.” C. “The shell was interesting and pretty and a worthy plaything….Ralph took the shell from Piggy and a little water ran down his arm. In color the shell was deep cream, touched here and there with fading pink.” D. “The conch glimmered among the trees, a white blob against the place where the sun would rise.”

6. Which characters best represent Freud’s id, ego, and superego, respectfully? A. Simon, Ralph, and Jack B. Jack, Roger, and Piggy C. Ralph, Piggy, and Simon D. Jack, Ralph, and Piggy E. Ralph, Simon, and Piggy

For questions 7-9, identify the following statements as either A. a subject, or B. a theme: 7. Lord of the Flies focuses on the nature of humanity. 8. Lord of the Flies is an experiment in the question of nature versus nurture. 9. Lord of the Flies believes that the defects of society can be traced to specific individuals. For questions 10-13, match the following quotes to the form of the beast to which the quote directly refers: A. The dead parachuter D. Simon B. A nightmare E. A pig head on a stick C. A ghost

10. “We’ve seen the beast with our own eyes. No—we weren’t asleep—” “It was furry. There was something moving behind its head—wings. “That was awful. It kind of sat up—” “There were eyes—” “Teeth—” “Claws—” “We ran as fast as we could—” “Bashed into things—” “The beast followed us—” “I saw it slinking behind the trees—”

11. A thing was crawling out of the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly. The shrill screaming that rose before the beast was like a pain. The beast stumbled into the horseshoe.

12. A savage raised his hand and the chief turned a bleak, painted face toward him. “And then—” The chief paused. They saw a triangle of startling pink dart out, pass along his lips and vanish. “—and then, the beast might try to come in. You remember how he crawled—” The semicircle shuddered and muttered in agreement. “He came—disguised. He may come again even though we gave him the head of our kill to eat. So watch; and be careful.” Stanley lifted his forearm off the rock and held up an interrogative finger. “But didn’t we, didn’t we—?” He squirmed and looked down. In the silence that followed, each savage flinched away from his individual memory.

13. “He says in the morning it turned into them things like ropes in the trees and hung in the branches.”

14. The following ideas could be used to argue Simon is a Christ figure, EXCEPT A. The character is misunderstood by many. D. The character is surrounded in light. B. The character sees a “truth” that no one else can. E. The character speaks with a “Devil” C. The character is literally reborn, physically or emotionally.

For questions 15-19 match the object with its symbolism 15. The conch A. goodness AB. abuse of power 16. Piggy’s glasses B. evolution AC. hope 17. The fire C. order AD. moral clarity 18. The “Lord of the Flies” D. chaos and fear 19. the boys’ body paint E. liberation into savagery 20. During which of the following events, is Jack NOT painted? A. During the first pig-killing D. During the hunting of Ralph B. During the killing of Simon E. None of the above C. During the raid of Ralph’s camp

21. Which two characters state that the beast is not something that one could kill? A. Ralph and Simon D. Simon and Piggy B. Jack and the “Lord of the Flies” E. Ralph and Jack C. Samneric and Roger

For questions 22-24, you are to put the quotes below in chronological order. 22. Which quote appears first in the novel? 23. Which quote appears second? 24. Which quote appears third?

A. At last the immediacy of the kill subsided. The boys drew back, and Jack stood up, holding out his hands. “Look.” He giggled and flicked them while the boys laughed at his reeking palms. Then Jack grabbed Maurice and rubbed the stuff over his cheeks.

B. Jack drew his knife again with a flourish. He raised his arm in the air. There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm. The pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be.

C. He noticed blood on his hands and grimaced distastefully, looked for something on which to clean them, then wiped them on his shorts and laughed. “I cut the pig’s throat,” said Jack, proudly, and yet twitched as he said it.

For the questions 25-50, look at the text, and then identify the speaker or subject of the text. A. Ralph E. Roger AE. “Lord of the Flies” B. Piggy AB. Percival BC. A group of boys C. Jack AC. Samneric D. Simon AD. “boy with the birthmark”

25. “If only they could send us something grown- up.. . . a sign or something.” Who says this?

26. “Which is better—to have rules and agree, or to hunt and kill….Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?” Who says this?

27. “He wants to know what you’re going to do about the snake-thing….Now he says it was a beastie….He says the beastie came in the dark….It came and went away again an’ came back and wanted to eat him….He says in the morning it turned into them things like ropes in the trees and hung in the branches. He says will it come back tonight?” Who is the “he”?

28. “Roger sharpened a stick at both ends.” Who says this?

29. “We know who ought to say things. …It’s time some people knew they’ve got to keep quiet and leave deciding things to the rest of us.” Who says this?

For the questions 25-50, look at the text, and then identify the speaker or subject of the text. A. Ralph E Roger AE. “Lord of the Flies” B Piggy AB. Percival BC. A group of boys C Jack AC. Samneric D Simon AD. “boy with the birthmark”

30. Other boys were appearing now, tiny tots some of them, brown, with the distended bellies of small savages. One of them came close to the officer and looked up. “I’m, I’m—” Who says this?

31. There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws. Who is being described?

32. There was a slight, furtive boy whom no one knew, who kept to himself with an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy. He muttered that his name was ------and was silent again. Who is being described?

33. His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness. Out of this face stared two light blue eyes, frustrated now, and turning, or ready to turn, to anger. Who is being described?

34. He sighed, bent, and laced up his shoes. The noise of the errant assembly faded up the mountain. Then, with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience (enthusiasm) of the children, he picked up the conch, turned toward the forest, and began to pick his way over the tumbled scar. Who is being described? 35. He looked in astonishment, no longer at himself but at an awesome stranger. Who is being described? 36. The beast lay huddled on the pale beach and the stains spread, inch by inch. Who is being described?

37. Yet there was a space round Henry, perhaps six yards in diameter, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law. Who is the “he”?

38. He was old enough, twelve years and a few months, to have lost the prominent tummy of childhood and not yet old enough for adolescence to have made him awkward. You could see now that he might make a boxer, as far as width and heaviness of shoulders went, but there was a mildness about his mouth and eyes that proclaimed no devil. Who is being described?

39. He came at last to a place where more sunshine fell. Since they had not so far to go for light the creepers had woven a great mat that hung at the side of an open space in the jungle; for here a patch of rock came close to the surface and would not allow more than little plants and ferns to grow. The whole space was walled with dark aromatic bushes, and was a bowl of heat and light. Who is being described?

40. “He says the beast comes out of the sea.” Who is the “he”?

41. “Maybe,” he said hesitantly, “maybe there is a beast….Maybe it’s only us. ” Who says this? For the questions 25-50, look at the text, and then identify the speaker or subject of the text. A. Ralph E Roger AE. “Lord of the Flies” B Piggy AB. Percival BC. A group of boys C Jack AC. Samneric D Simon AD. “boy with the birthmark”

42. “You stop it....What good’re you doing talking like that….It was dark. There was that—that bloody dance. There was lightning and thunder and rain. We was scared…. It was an accident, that’s what it was.” Who says this?

43. However [he] thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick. Who is the “he”?

44. He was the only boy on the island whose hair never seemed to grow. Who is being described?

45. “What are you doing out here all alone? Aren’t you afraid of me….There isn’t anyone to help you. Only me….You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you?” Who says this?

46. [He] received this news as an illumination. He ceased to work at his tooth and sat still, assimilating the possibilities of irresponsible authority. Who is being described?

47. The tangle of lines showed him the mechanics of this parody; he examined the white nasal bones, the teeth, the colors of corruption….Then he took the lines in his hands; he freed them from the rocks and the figure from the wind’s indignity. Who is the “he”?

48. A little boy who wore the remains of an extraordinary black cap on his red hair and who carried the remains of a pair of spectacles at his waist, started forward, then changed his mind and stood still. Who is being described?

49. He walked slowly into the middle of the clearing and looked steadily at the skull that gleamed as white as ever the conch had done and seemed to jeer at him cynically. An inquisitive ant was busy in one of the eye sockets but otherwise the thing was lifeless? Or was it? Who is “he?”

50. “I’m warning you. I’m going to get angry. D’you see? You’re not wanted. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island!” Who says this?