Lord of the Flies Final Test: Whole-Novel Quiz

Lord of the Flies Whole Novel questions

The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.

1. Who is chosen as chief at the first assembly?
   Piggy, who found the shell · Jack, who leads the choir · Simon, who knows the island · Ralph, who is holding the shell
2. What does the shell stand for across the novel?
   Agreed rules and orderly speech · Jack's claim on the hunters · The hope of being rescued · The boys' fear of the unknown
3. What do Piggy's glasses come to stand for?
   Jack's hold over the tribe · Reason and power over nature · The world the boys have lost · The weakness of the youngest
4. What do the paired titles of Chapters 5 and 6 reveal about the boys' fear?
   It fades once the fire is lit · It was invented by the youngest · It is given a shape by chance · It began with Jack's hunters
5. What sets Simon apart from the other boys?
   He takes no side between chiefs · He is the only one who can swim · He refuses to eat any meat · He sees the truth and is killed
6. What part does the dead parachutist play in the story?
   He supplies a false proof of fear · He brings news of the war home · He is mistaken for a rescuer · He leaves supplies on the slope
7. How does Roger change over the course of the novel?
   From hunter to Ralph's follower · From aiming to miss to killing · From Jack's rival to his equal · From choirboy to keeper of fire
8. What is the difference between the beach platform and Castle Rock as places?
   One faces the reef, one the sea · One holds fire, one holds water · One is for talk, one for force · One is Simon's, one is Jack's
9. What makes the naval officer's arrival ironic?
   He arrives in the wrong place · He had once been a choirboy · He will not take them aboard · He has come to fight a war
10. What does the novel suggest about civilisation and savagery?
    Order is a habit easily lost · Savagery is taught by hunger · Children need stricter rules · Islands make people cruel

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Original questions written for Pagine. This book is in copyright, so questions paraphrase rather than quote it.