Lord of the Flies 1
Lord of the Flies 2
Vocabulary
Symbols
Psychological Theories
100

The rule that the conch represents

What is the rule that the boys must hold the conch in order to speak?

100

The boy that considered the fire more important than anything

Who is Ralph?

100

The point on which a lever rests

What is fulcrum?

100

A symbol of authority and order

What is the conch?

100

The psychologist who created the Hierarchy of Needs

Who is Abraham Maslow?

200

The "bulging thing" on the mountain

What is the dead parachutist?

200

What the sow's head on a stick identifies itself as

Who is the Lord of the Flies?

200

The definition of Inscrutable

What is impossible to understand or interpret?

200

A symbol of reason and intellect

What are Piggy's specs?

200

The name of the theory that states people tend to follow the crowd

What is the Bystander Effect?

300

The first boy to die on the island

Who is the boy with the birthmark?

300

The only character to recognize who the "true beast" is

Who is Simon?

300

Use gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words

What is gesticulated?

300

The symbol of hope and connection

What is the signal fire?

300

The 'devil on the shoulder' in Freud's Theory of Personality

What is the Id?

400

The reason that the boys were not rescued at the beginning of the novel

What is Jack's hunting party that took Samneric away from the fire?

400

The boy that released the rock that killed Piggy

Who is Roger?

400

A brilliant radiance

What is effulgence?

400

Symbolizes the rejection of civility and rules in favor of savagery and freedom

What is the mask/face paint?

400

The theory that discusses how masks/anonymity and symbols of authority can push people to act cruelly

What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?

500

The reason that Roger did not hit Henry with the stones he was throwing

What is the rules and order of his old life/the threat of punishment from adults?

500
"Ralph wept for the end of innocence" because of this

What is the true nature of mankind?

What is the killing of two innocent boys?

500

To climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and feet

What is clamboring?

500

The last symbol of the boys' true descent into savagery

What is the stick sharpened at both ends?

500

The highest level of the Hierarchy of Needs after it was revised

What is transcendence?