Lord of the Flies test

Question 0

where did William Golding grow up

Answer 0

Marlborough Wiltshire in Cornwall England

Question 1

When was William golding born

Answer 1

September 19th, 1911

Question 2

what did William Golding’s parents do for a living

Answer 2

his dad was a science teacher and his mom was a house wife who was in the woman’s suffrage movement

Question 3

who did William Golding marry

Answer 3

he married Anne Brookfield

Question 4

what did William Golding do before he was a writer

Answer 4

he was a philosophy teacher, he worked on small play productions, and he was apart of the royal navy

Question 5

What famous world war II event did Golding have a part in

Answer 5

D-Day in the invasion of normandy

Question 6

when was lord of the flies published

Answer 6

September of 1954

Question 7

where did Golding move after he found writing success

Answer 7

he moved to Roanoke, Virginia to continue his writing career.

Question 8

When did William Golding die

Answer 8

he died on June 19th, 1993 of heart failure at the age of 82

Question 9

when did Golding win a nobel peace prize for literature

Answer 9

1983

Question 10

What is the name of the main character

Answer 10

Ralph

Question 11

Who are the two people that die during the course of the story

Answer 11

Simon and piggy

Question 12

What does Ralph have that makes him chief

Answer 12

he has the conch shell

Question 13

What does ralph believe the most important thing on the island is

Answer 13

the smoke that the fire gives off, because that is the only way they will be rescued

Question 14

what is ironic about the ending of the story

Answer 14

That the fire that sets the whole island on fire that jack started gets them rescued.

Question 15

what are the names of the two twins

Answer 15

sam and Eric

Question 16

who is the boy that makes a rival tribe from ralph

Answer 16

jack merridew

Question 17

how did the kids get stuck on the island

Answer 17

their plane crashes

Question 18

what does the rival tribe steal from ralph and his clan

Answer 18

they steal piggy’s glasses which they use to make fire

Question 19

what does jack favor and what does ralph favor

Answer 19

jack favors fun and hunting while ralph favors law and structure

Question 20

how does the novel end

Answer 20

the rival tribe takes all of the members from Ralph’s clan and they have a hunt for him. During the hunt jack set the jungle on fire to force ralph to come out. This fire got the boys rescued because a nearby naval ship saw the smoke and came to see what it was.

Question 21

who killed simon

Answer 21

the rival clan because they thought he was the beast

Question 22

how did piggy die

Answer 22

Rodger rolled a boulder off of castle rock and it crushed piggy and the conch shell

Question 23

how did the boys get stuck on the island

Answer 23

their plane crashed

Question 24

what does the conch shell symbolize in the book

Answer 24

it symbolizes civilization and order

Question 25

what was going on in the world at the time of this story

Answer 25

there was a nuclear war and the boys were being flown out of england to get away from the war and their plane was shot down and crashed

Question 26

what did the boys think the beast was

Answer 26

a dead parachute solider who abandoned his plane in the air war during the night

Question 27

who is the lord of the flies

Answer 27

the dead pig head

Question 28

what does the lord of the flies tell simon

Answer 28

he tells simon that the beast is not a creature, it is inside all of the boys.

Question 29

what is the place where jacks tribe lives called

Answer 29

castle rock

Question 30

what are the names of the two twins

Answer 30

Sam and eric

Question 31

who is the protagonist of the story

Answer 31

Ralph

Question 32

who is the antagonist of the story

Answer 32

Jack

Question 33

what point of view is the story told in

Answer 33

3rd person