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 fire

a bell

a whistle

a conch shell
2 Piggy suffers from what?

diabetes

asthma

insomnia

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

military school cadets

choir

football team

juvenile delinquents
4 The boys are stranded on an island where?

the Indian Ocean

the North Atlantic

the Pacific Ocean

the Caribbean Sea
5 Who identifies the island as part of a Coral Reef?

Piggy

Simon

Jack

Ralph
6 "Samneric" refers to what or whom?

the twins

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the island

the youngest boys
7 "Creepers" refers to what?

vines

worms

snakes

insects
8 Ralph's father is what?

an officer in the English navy

a cartographer for the Scottish coast guard

an advisor to Queen Elizabeth

a pilot in the English air force
9 Piggy's real name is actually what?

Gerald

Leslie

Percival

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

They want to take control over the fire.

They want to intimidate them into joining their tribe.

They want to steal the conch.

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

The first day on the island

Finding the beast

Simon's murder

Jack and his hunters
12 Which character pretends to be a pig during the chant?

Eric

Simon

Roger

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

capture by the Reds

facing the beast

starvation

never leaving the jungle
14 Which character repeats the saying, "Sucks to your ass-mar"?

Roger

Jack

Simon

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

Simon

Percival

Jack

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

Jack

Piggy

Roger

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

the fire

the conch

avoiding the beast

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

Piggy

Wilfred

Sam

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

the volcano

the scar

the lagoon

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

Ralph

a "littlun"

Simon

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

authority

authoritarianism

democracy

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

Piggy

Simon

Jack

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

The pig's head

The spear sharpened at both ends

The pilot

Percival
24 Which event in human history does not have a direct parallel in Lord of the Flies?

the development of government

the development of private property

the discovery of fire

the move away from hunter-gatherer societies
25 Ralph best represents which aspect of human nature?

moral choice

instinct

spirituality

intellect

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