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1
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When was the novel published?

A

1954

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2
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Golding served in the navy of which war?

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World War II

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Why did Golding have detailed experience of how boys interact and behave?

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He worked as a teacher

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4
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What did Golding admit to having a problematic relationship with?

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Alcohol

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5
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Which novel influenced Golding’s decision to write the novel?

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Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne

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Why are the boys on the island?

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Their plane crashed while they were being evacuated (an atomic bomb was dropped).

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7
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What does Piggy suffer from?

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Asthma

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8
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What is the name of the choir boy who faints?

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Simon

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9
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Who says “I ought to be chief.”?

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Jack

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10
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Who suggests blowing the conch to find others?

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Piggy

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11
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What does the conch symbolise?

A

Democracy / Civilisation

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12
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What are Ralph’s priorites? What are Jack’s?

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Rescue, the fire, building shelters / hunting

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13
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In chapter 2, what animal is the beast described as?

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A snake

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14
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Which littlun does the fire in chapter 2 kill?

A

The boy with mullberry coloured birthmark

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15
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What kind of imagery starting with ‘A’ does Golding use to describe Jack at the beginning of chapter 3?

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animalistic

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16
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How do the boys start a fire in chapter 2?

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By taking Piggy’s glasses to use as ‘burning glasses’

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17
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Who takes Piggy’s glasses in chapter 2?

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Jack

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18
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Where does Simon go at the end of chapter 3?

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He goes by himself Into an open space, a clearing, in the jungle.

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19
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What does Roger do at the start of chapter 4?

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He kicks over the littluns sandcastles and throws stones (to miss) at Henry

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20
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What ‘liberated [Jack] from shame and self-consciousness’?

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His face mask

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21
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Complete: “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill ___ ___.”

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Spill her blood

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22
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What does Jack do to Piggy in chapter 4?

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He punches him in the stomach, causing one lens of his glasses to break.

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23
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What does Simon give to Piggy in chapter 4?

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His piece of meat.

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24
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Why are Ralph and Piggy so angry about the hunters letting the fire go out?

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Because they saw a ship.

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25
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What ‘c’ does rescue symbolise? What ‘s’ does hunting symbolise?

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Civilisation / Savagery

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26
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Ralph calls an assembly in chapter 5 ‘to put ___ ___.;

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thing straight

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27
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What does Ralph say is the most important thing on the island?

A

The fire

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28
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Complete: “Bollocks to ___ ___”.

A

The rules (Jack)

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29
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Where does Percival say the beast comes from?

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The sea

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30
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Who says: “Unless we get frightened of people.”?

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Piggy

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31
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What does Simon believe about the beast?

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That it’s inside of us: “maybe it’s only us.”

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32
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What does Jack try and take from Piggy in chapter 5?

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The conch

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33
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Complete: “If there’s a beast, we’ll ___ ___ ___”.

A

hunt it down (Jack)

34
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What do Jack and his hunters do after the assembly breaks up in chapter 5?

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They chant and dance

35
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Why doesn’t Ralph blow the conch at the end of chapter 5?

A

Because he thinks the others might not come and then there will be no more order on the island.

36
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Sam and Eric think they see the beast - what do they actually see?

A

A dead parachutist

37
Q

Complete: “We don’t need the ___ anymore.”

A

Conch

38
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“The picture of a human at once heroic and sick” - who thinks this about what?

A

Simon about the beast

39
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Why does Ralph get angry at the others at the end of chapter 6?

A

Because the Jack and his hunters want to make a fort and roll rocks (rather than look for the beast)

40
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How does Ralph show signs of savagery and violence in chapter 7?

A

He joins with the hunt (hits the boar with a spear) and participates in a mock hunt/killing of Robert.

41
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Complete: “The desire to squeeze and hurt was ___”

A

over-mastering

42
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Who does Jack say they could use in a mock hunt where the ‘pig’ is actually killed?

A

A littlun

43
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Who volunteers to go back to the beach on their own to be with Piggy and the littluns?

A

Simon

44
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Complete: ‘Something like a great ___ was sitting asleep with its head between its knees.’

A

ape

45
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a white blob’ describes what at the beginning of chapter 8?

A

The conch

46
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Jack says ‘The beast is a ___’, what?

A

hunter

47
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Why does Jack run into the jungle at the beginning of chapter 8?

A

Because no one voted to remove Ralph as chief

48
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What is the significance of Jack saying, ‘I’m not going to be part of Ralph’s lot-‘?

A

It separates the boys into two opposing factions. / Jack has rejected democracy

49
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What does Jack and his hunters killing the sow symbolise?

A

Lust for violence (irrespective of consequences) / An attack on vulnerablity (and love/care?)

50
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A gift.’ Of what? For whom?

A

The sow’s head for the beast

51
Q

Complete: ‘wedded to her in ____’

A

lust

52
Q

Complete: ‘Fancy thinking the beast was something you could ___ and ___’

A

hunt / kill

53
Q

Complete: ‘I’m part of you. ___, ____, ____!’

A

close

54
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What does Simon do at the start of chapter 9?

A

He frees the lines of parachutist from the rocks

55
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Jack ‘sat there like an idol’, what does this mean?

A

Jack is revered and worshipped by his tribe

56
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Why do the boys start dancing in chapter 9?

A

Because they are scared of the storm

57
Q

Complete: ‘authority sat on his shoulder and chatterred in his ear like an ___’

A

ape

58
Q

Complete: ‘Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Do ___ ___’

A

him in

59
Q

Complete: ‘there were no words, and no movements but the tearing of ___ and ___’

A

teeth/claws

60
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As Simon’s body drifts out to sea Golding uses a semantic field: ‘pearls’, ‘silver’, ‘marble’. What does this suggest about Simon?

A

His purity and invaluable worth (Christ-like figure)

61
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In chapter 10, how does Piggy try to avoid responsibility/guilt for the death of Simon?

A

We was scared’ / ‘P’raps he was only pretending-‘ / ‘It was an accident’ / ‘He asked for it’

62
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Complete: ‘I’m frightened of ___’ (Ralph, chapter 10)

A

us

63
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Why does Jack tie and beat Wilfred?

A

He doesn’t say (‘irresponsible authority’)

64
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In chapter 11, Jack takes responsibility for the death of Simon - true or false?

A

False. He says Simon was the beast in disguise and that boys cannot kill the beast (‘How could we - kill - it?’

65
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What do Jack and his hunters steal? What does this symbolise?

A

Piggy’s glasses. Seizing power / loss of clarity, reason, civilisation

66
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Complete: ‘not because your strong, but because what’s ___ is ___’

A

right

67
Q

You’re Chief, Ralph. You remember everything.’ - who says this?

A

Piggy

68
Q

Complete: ‘Which is better, law and ___, or ___ and breaking things up?’?

A

rescue / hunting

69
Q

Complete: ‘Below him, Ralph was a shock of hair and Piggy a ___ of ___’

A

bag / fat

70
Q

Complete: Piggy lifted the white, ___ shell’

A

magic

71
Q

What happens to the conch in chapter 11?

A

exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist’

72
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True or false: Jack takes responsibility for Piggy’s murder?

A

True: “I meant that!”

73
Q

What is the pig’s skull compared to in chapter 12?

A

The conch

74
Q

Roger sharpened a stick at both ends.’ - what is he planning to do?

A

Decapitate Ralph and put his head on the stick

75
Q

What does Ralph compare himself to when he is being hunted?

A

A pig

76
Q

What is ironic about the ending of the story?

A

It was the fire that destroyed the island that allowed the boys to be rescued/the boys are saved from savagery by a symbol war

77
Q

What book is mentioned again at the end of the story?

A

Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne

78
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What happens to the island at the end of the story?

A

It burns down.

79
Q

Who rescues the boys at the end of the story?

A

A Naval Officer

80
Q

What did Ralph weep for at the end of the story?

A

the end of innocence / the darkness of man’s heart / the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy

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