LOTF Test

Question 1

Where and when was William Golding born

Answer 1

born in Cornwall, England in 1911

Question 2

what was W.G. (William Golding)’s fathers occupation

Answer 2

socilaist

Question 3

what did Golding’s father teach at his school

Answer 3

science

Question 4

what was W.G.’s mother

Answer 4

a female suffragist

Question 5

what was going on during w.g. birth

Answer 5

WW1

Question 6

where did w.g. attend

Answer 6

oxford uni

Question 7

what did w.g. study

Answer 7

natural science for 2 years

Question 8

what did w.g. switch to

Answer 8

english lit.

Question 9

what year did w.g. graduate and publish his first book, Poems in

Answer 9

1934

Question 10

who was w.g. wife

Answer 10

anne brookfield, in 1939

Question 11

what was anne brookfields job

Answer 11

analytic chemist

Question 12

how many kids,. and what are their names

Answer 12

2, Judith and David

Question 13

when did w.g. join the royal navy

Answer 13

1940

Question 14

what were some events w.g. were involved in

Answer 14

sinking the Bismark, invasion of normady

Question 15

what did w.g. return to after the ww1

Answer 15

teaching and writing

Question 16

what was goldings first novel

Answer 16

lord of the flies

Question 17

who did he send LOTF to, and when

Answer 17

faber & faber in 1953

Question 18

did faber &faber reject it

Answer 18

yes

Question 19

who was w.g. new editor for LOTF

Answer 19

Charles monteith

Question 20

what their many changes before it was published

Answer 20

yes

Question 21

what year was it published

Answer 21

1954

Question 22

what was the theory that James Lovelock and w.g. had that the entire earth was 1

Answer 22

gala theory

Question 23

Gala in Greek means

Answer 23

goddess of earth

Question 24

when did w.g win the noble prize for literature

Answer 24

1983

Question 25

who was he knighted by in 1988

Answer 25

queen elizabeth

Question 26

are his books often allegorical

Answer 26

yes

Question 27

what are some ideas drawn from the array of ideas

Answer 27

mythology, Christianity, and classical lit.

Question 28

name some allegory in the book (4)

Answer 28

1. shows a failed struggle against barbarism
2. shows the moral ambiguity of humanity
3. focuses on individual welfare vs. common good
4. possible allegory for WWII

Question 29

how many copies in the u.s copies were sold

Answer 29

3000

Question 30

when was the copies sold

Answer 30

1955

Question 31

what time period was it a best seller, and required school reading

Answer 31

1960s

Question 32

what # out of 100 was lotf on the american librarys

Answer 32

68

Question 33

when was it the most challenged books

Answer 33

1900-1999

Question 34

what did 2005 time call lotf

Answer 34

top 100 English-language novels of 1923-2005

Question 35

how is connected to wwii

Answer 35

operation pied piper beginning sept. 1, 1939