Lord of the Flies Flashcards

Lord of the Flies Chapter Review Flashcards

Who initially shows the most concern about the lack of authority among the stranded boys?

Piggy

What is the initial purpose of the conch shell?

To bring people together

How does Jack first assert his leadership?

Bossing the choir boys around

What factors contribute to Ralph's election as chief?

He was still, attractive, and had the conch

What type of government is best demonstrated by the selection of Ralph as leader?

Democracy

Which quote best exemplifies the initial government style when rules are being set up?

"We can’t have everyone talking at once….I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it while he’s speaking"

What contradicts Ralph's assertion that 'this is a good island!'?

Reports of a snake-like beastie

What is Ralph's primary objective?

That everyone has fun and gets rescued

Why are Ralph and Jack embarrassed?

They can’t kill a pig

Why is Ralph and Jack's embarrassment important to the storyline?

It shows that unlike Ralph once thought, these two leaders need Piggy’s intelligence and logic

What are Piggy’s leadership traits?

Being good at thinking things through

At the end of chapter two, what can the reader infer?

The little’un with the birthmark didn’t escape the fire

What does the author's description in the passage of Jack hunting portray?

An animal who is on the hunt for prey

What has Ralph been doing while Jack is hunting?

Building huts with not much help from anyone else

Why do the boys need shelters?

They need protection from the rain, shade from the sun, and a sense of security

Which management skill would have been best for Ralph to employ to get the huts built?

Putting together a plan for each boy and giving detailed instructions on how to build a hut

What makes Ralph doubt his belief that 'this is a good island'?

No one is helping each other

Which evidence best supports the claim that Jack's hunters still have remnants of civility?

"In his other life Maurice had received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand"

What mean thing does Roger do to a little’un sitting in the sand?

Throws rocks around where he is sitting

What does the scene with Roger and the little'un on the beach serve as?

Foreshadowing for future events later in the novel

What does Jack see when he sees the reflection of his painted face?

Sees an awesome stranger who becomes an uninhibited version of himself

When does it become obvious that Jack and his hunters care more about hunting pigs than getting rescued?

They go off hunting and let the fire go out while a ship passes by

For Jack's tribe, the need for meat becomes secondary to the…

Lust to kill

Which evidence best supports the claim that Ralph represents the desire to be pure and civilized?

"He noticed—in this new mood of comprehension—how the folds were stiff like card-board, and unpleasant; noticed too how the frayed edges of his shorts were making an uncomfortable, pink area on the front of his thighs. With convulsion of the mind, Ralph discovered dirt and decay, understood how much he disliked [it]"

What realization makes Ralph readjust his values?

That maybe he isn’t as qualified to be chief as he once thought because he can’t think like Piggy can.

Cause and effect: The effect is the coconut shells of water are empty. What is the cause?

The boys quit following the procedure and just drink straight from the river

Piggy uses ___ to explain why there isn’t a need to worry about a beast on the island.

Logic: “It’s scientific, that’s what it is. I know there isn’t no beast—not with claws and all that…”

What does Simon use to explain why there isn't a need to worry about a beast on the island?

Insight: “Maybe there is a beast…what I mean is maybe it’s only us”

Because of the time period, we can infer that the 'beast from the air' is…

A soldier who was shot down during WWII

What does dramatic irony occur?

The audience knows what the beastie really is, but the characters do not

The author most likely puts in the mock pig hunting scene to….

Foreshadow how they will eventually hunt a human like they hunt pigs

Which figurative language is used in this quote: “The darkness seemed to flow round them like a tide.”?

Simile

Why does Simon decide to return to the beach?

Simon decides to return to the beach to tell Piggy that the other boys returned because everyone else is afraid.

Which conflict makes Jack try to override Ralph as chief?

Ralph wants to focus only on the fire, but Jack wants to focus on killing pigs

The most precise way to describe Jack’s character is to say Jack changes from a civilized schoolboy to…

A savage obsessed with sacrificing

Why does Jack impale the sow's head on a stick?

As a gift for the beast

While staring at the impaled pig's head on a stick, Simon has a mystical experience that reveals…

The beast is the evil within the human heart and mind

In the light of day, Simon realizes which important alliteration…

"Simon saw a humped thing"

If you wanted to show that Jack's form of ruling is a monarchy or a dictatorship, which evidence would provide the strongest support?

"'I gave you food,' said Jack, ' and my hunters will protect you from the beast' "

Simon’s death represents the death of…

Purity and peace

Who is the only person willing to admit that Simon’s death was murder?

Ralph

The one person willing to admit that Simon’s death was murder wants to go home because he is afraid of…

"Us" meaning himself and the others

Because Jack and his hunters came after Piggy’s glasses instead of the conch, this shows…

They valued being able to build a fire for savagery over order and democracy

Before going to confront Jack’s group, Ralph’s group…

Wishes that they could clean up and look like they did when they arrived on the island

The desires of Ralph’s group before confronting Jack’s group symbolizes…

That Ralph’s group is trying to hold on to civility in contrast to Jack’s group

The murder of Piggy and the destruction of the conch best represents…

The destruction of logic and order

The fire in the final chapter is best interpreted as….

Ironic because it brought rescue when it was actually being used for doom

The ending of the book is…

Ironic because the Naval Officer is rescuing them from one war zone and taking the back home to another war zone

A microcosm is a smaller version of society or a community. What is Lord of the Flies a microcosm of in society?

Lord of the Flies is a microcosm of the cruelty of society.