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44 Cards in this Set
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The boys' plane ran out of fuel and crash-landed on the beach. |
False. We are never told how it crashed.
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Ralph's only opponent for the position of chief was Jack. |
True
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The first fire they built was a small cooking fire. |
False. A signal fire on mountain was built first
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The littluns were afraid of a beastie. |
True
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The boys could speak out at meetings only in order of their age. |
False. Only if holding the conch shell
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Ralph became upset because most of the boys didn't help build all the shelters. |
True
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Jack first painted his face because he thought it would camouflage him while he hunted. |
True
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Some of the boys became ill after eating too much roast pig. |
False. Unripe fruit made them sick.
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The signal fire went out because the boys watching the fire were swimming. |
False. They were with Jack hunting.
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Jack is responsible for breaking one of the lenses of Piggy's glasses. |
True
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Simon suggested that the only beast on the island was themselves. |
True
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Every time there is a vote for chief, only the hunters vote for Jack. |
False. Nobody votes for Jack
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Maurice and Roger were the first to see the body of the dead parachutist. |
False. SamnEric
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When they found Castle Rock, Jack was the first to explore the area. |
False. Ralph went first
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Ralph felt disgusted after he had thrown his spear at the charging boar. |
False. He felt excited.
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Jack told Ralph and Roger that when he was on the mountaintop, he saw a thing that bulged, and he heard a plopping noise. |
True
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Jack left the group because he was embarrassed that no one voted for him to be chief. |
True
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After finding "the beast" near the signal fire, the boys moved the fire to Castle Rock. |
False. They moved it to the beach
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Simon witnessed the beheading of the dead sow from the cave where he was hiding. |
False.
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The beast is the Lord of the Flies. |
False. The dead parachutist is.
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When Simon discovered the body of the dead parachutist, he vomited and fainted. |
True
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During the dance and chant, the boys dragged Simon from the forest and killed him. |
False. Piggy
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Jack and some of the savages came to the shelters on the beach and stole the conch. |
False. They stole Piggy's glasses.
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Ralph, Piggy, and the twins went to Jack to ask for Piggy's glasses. |
True
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When Piggy tried to reason with Jack, he struck Piggy with his spear and killed him. |
False.
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After Piggy was killed, Ralph hid in the thicket near Castle Rock. |
True
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Jack and his savages tried to kill Ralph by intentionally setting the forest on fire. |
False. The tried to set the thicket on fire.
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When the naval officer asked who the boss was, Jack acknowledged his position as chief. |
False. Ralph did
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The only two characters whose thoughts Golding reveals are?
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Ralph and Simon
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The shattering of the conch symbolizes the end of?
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Civilized behavior
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Golding's central theme in the novel is that?
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humans have a dar, beast-like nature
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One of the ironies of the novel is that at the beginning Jack says they aren't what?
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savages
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Golding uses Roger symbolically to represent what?
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sadism and cruelty
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Golding specifically sets the story on the island to
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aid in plot development
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The name "Lord of the Flies" is a reference to what?
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Beelzebub
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Clithing symbolically represents what?
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civilization
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From the beginning of the story until his death, Simon can be characterized as what?
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a loner
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The protagonist of the novel is who?
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Ralph
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The major antagonist of the novel is who?
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Jack
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Simon's talk with the Lord of the Flies symbolizes what?
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A man's inability to conquer the devil
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The conflict Ralph feels about giving up his position as chief is what?
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internal conflict
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The boys hunting Ralph is an example of what?
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external conflict
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The painted faces symbolically represents what?
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survival of the fittest
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when the savages are hunting Ralph, he considers what three plans of escape?
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hiding in a tree, charging them, hiding
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