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True/False
100

Through his novel, Golding suggests that when removed from the "rules of society" human beings will always become...

Savage / Animals

100
The novel’s protagonist, the twelve-year-old English boy who is elected leader of the group of boys marooned on the island. _______ attempts to coordinate the boys’ efforts to build a miniature civilization on the island until they can be rescued. ______ represents human beings’ civilizing instinct, as opposed to the savage instinct that Jack embodies.
Ralph
100

A pair of twins who although originally happy-go-lucky, end up closely allying themselves with Ralph and reap the consequences of this from Jack. 

Sam and Eric

100
Represents authority, power, and order
Conch shell
100
Ralph starts a fire by rubbing two sticks together. 

False: piggy's glasses

200

What country is William Golding from? 

England

200
The novel’s antagonist, one of the older boys stranded on the island. _____ becomes the leader of the hunters but longs for total power and becomes increasingly wild, barbaric, and cruel as the novel progresses. ____, adept at manipulating the other boys, represents the instinct of savagery within human beings, as opposed to the civilizing instinct Ralph represents.
Jack
200

The younger boys are almost always acting on their IDs: eating fruit, swimming, playing, and screaming about the beastie. 

Littluns

200
Represents hope and salvation, but also destruction
fire
200

The littluns would starve to death if not for the meat from Jack/the hunters

False: they eat the fruit.

300

True/False: Golding was a member of the British Army. 

False: Royal Navy

300

Ralph’s “lieutenant.” A whiny, intellectual boy, ______’s inventiveness frequently leads to innovation, such as the makeshift sundial that the boys use to tell time. _________ represents the scientific, rational side of civilization

Piggy

300

The name given to the pig’s head that Jack’s gang impales on a stake and erects in the forest as an offering to the “beast.” This thing "talks" to Simon.

Lord of the Flies

300

Represents fear

the beastie / monster

300
Jack is almost always fueled by his Superego.  

False: ID  

400

The year Lord of the Flies was published

1954

400

A shy, sensitive boy in the group. ________, in some ways the only naturally “good” character on the island, behaves kindly toward the younger boys and is willing to work for the good of their community. Moreover, because his motivation is rooted in his deep feeling of connectedness to nature, _______ is the only character whose sense of morality does not seem to have been imposed by society. ______ represents a kind of natural goodness

Simon
400
A bigun who becomes one of Jack's key supporters, accompanying him on the raids on Ralph's camp.
Maurice
400

Represent rationality and logic

Piggy's glasses

400

Both Piggy's parents are dead

True

500

What is the name of the novel that Golding took inspiration and his character's names from? 

Coral Island

500

Jack’s “lieutenant.” A sadistic, cruel older boy who brutalizes the littluns and has a mean streak. 

Roger

500
A littlun who has a nervous breakdown and is often picked on by the other littluns. He introduces the idea that the beast might arrive from the sea.
Percival
500
Represents the garden of Eden
the island
500

Roger is unable to throw rocks directly at the littluns because of the laws of society/civilization

True

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