Lord of the Flies Quizzes

Lord of the Flies Quiz 1

By Jeremy Ross · Edited by A. Kimball, December 8, 2006, and A. Kissel, · Last reviewed August 18, 2007

1 Ralph uses what to summon the other boys?

a conch shell

a bell

a fire

a whistle
2 Piggy suffers from what?

asthma

diabetes

insomnia

blindness
3 Jack and his "hunters" are actually what type of group?

choir

juvenile delinquents

military school cadets

football team
4 The boys are stranded on an island where?

the Caribbean Sea

the Indian Ocean

the Pacific Ocean

the North Atlantic
5 Who identifies the island as part of a Coral Reef?

Piggy

Simon

Ralph

Jack
6 "Samneric" refers to what or whom?

the youngest boys

the Lord of the Flies

the island

the twins
7 "Creepers" refers to what?

insects

worms

snakes

vines
8 Ralph's father is what?

a cartographer for the Scottish coast guard

an officer in the English navy

a pilot in the English air force

an advisor to Queen Elizabeth
9 Piggy's real name is actually what?

Percival

Leslie

Gerald

none of the above
10 Why do Jack and his hunters attack Ralph and Piggy?

They want to intimidate them into joining their tribe.

They want to take control over the fire.

They want to steal Piggy's glasses.

They want to steal the conch.
11 What is referred to in the line, "There was lightning and thunder and rain. We was scared!"

Jack and his hunters

Finding the beast

The first day on the island

Simon's murder
12 Which character pretends to be a pig during the chant?

Eric

Simon

Maurice

Roger
13 According to Eric, what would be preferable to capture by Jack and his tribe?

never leaving the jungle

capture by the Reds

starvation

facing the beast
14 Which character repeats the saying, "Sucks to your ass-mar"?

Roger

Simon

Jack

Ralph
15 Who worries that the other boys think that he is insane?

Percival

Piggy

Simon

Jack
16 Who hesitates when the boys vote for chief, unsure whether to support Ralph?

Jack

Simon

Piggy

Roger
17 Ralph considers ______ the most important thing on the island.

food

the fire

the conch

avoiding the beast
18 Which of the following characters is not held as a prisoner by Jack and his hunters?

Wilfred

Eric

Sam

Piggy
19 All of the following are locations on the island except which?

Castle Rock

the lagoon

the scar

the volcano
20 Jack jokes that they could actually kill _____ in place of a pig during their dance.

Ralph

Piggy

a "littlun"

Simon
21 The conch shell can symbolize all of the following except:

authority

democracy

order

authoritarianism
22 Which of the following characters has the strongest religious sensibility?

Samneric

Jack

Piggy

Simon
23 Which of the following is a direct Satanic symbol?

The spear sharpened at both ends

Percival

The pilot

The pig's head
24 Which event in human history does not have a direct parallel in Lord of the Flies?

the move away from hunter-gatherer societies

the discovery of fire

the development of government

the development of private property
25 Ralph best represents which aspect of human nature?

intellect

instinct

spirituality

moral choice

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