English Eleven Open-Book Test on William Golding's Lord of the Flies FORM
TWO
Do NOT write on this sheet: use answer sheet provided. (65 marks total)
PART ONE: Match the letter of the character with the number of his
description
(15 marks).
Note: each boy's name may be used a maximum of three times.
A. Simon B. Maurice C. Roger D. Samneric E. Percival F. Henry
G. the mulberry-birthmarked kid H. Wilfred I. Ralph J. Piggy K.
Jack
1. He is the first to propose that the boys build a signal fire on the
mountain top.
2. Although highly intelligent, he is unable to assert his influence or
even protecthimself.
3. Although he accepts the glamour of leadership, he finds the
mundane responsi-
bilities that go with the role frustrating.
4. He is the initiator of the "Kill-the-Pig" game that develops into a
tribal dance.
5. This lonely, sensitive visionary has an encounter in the
wilderness reminiscent
of that between Christ and the Devil in the seventh chapter of St. Matthew's
Gospel.
6. This sadistic follower acts as his Chief's henchman and torturer.
7. He seeks in his memory for the familiar, solace-giving incantation, but
finds that
this memory of his civilised identity has "faded clean away."
8.This formerly angelic chorister becomes a demagogue and then a totalitarian
dictator by harnassing the primitive forces latent within the human psyche.
9. Making no concession to the incarnation of evil, the Lord of the Flies,
this boy
intuitively recognizes the sources of evil and spiritual contagion on the island.
,10. The one who warns Ralph that Roger has sharpened a stick at both ends.
11. He may best be described physically by the phrase "ugly without silliness."
12. The boy who makes the suggestion to use green branches in order to
make more
smoke from the signal fire is . . . .
13. When Ralph considers giving up his chieftancy, this boy--who serves
as both his
conscience and his wiseman--pleads against his taking this step.
14. When the beast makes the mountain top unsafe, this boy suggests lighting
a signal fire on the beach instead.
15. He is ordered tied up and beaten to satisfy some whim of Jack's.
OVER.
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Review of William Golding's Lord of the Flies (1954) FORM TWO Page 2
PART TWO: Multiple-choice questions based on R. N. Ballantyne's The
Coral Island
(6 marks). Read the passage below before answering the questions.
The Coral Island, A Tale of the Pacific Ocean, was published in 1858.
Young Ralph Rover is shipwrecked on a South Sea island with only two
companions, Jack Martin and Peterkin Guy. After discovering the
delights of coconuts, breadfruit, and oysters, the trio are nearly killed by a
shark, and then witness a fight between two factions of cannibals. Then
Ralph is captured by Bloody Bill the Pirate, whose death on the
high seas Ralph witnesses. The boy then singlehandedly sails the pirate
schooner back to the island to rescue his friends. The boys sail to another
island, where they are imprisoned by natives but later freed
through the intervention of Christian missionaries. Although his handling
of the setting is somewhat inept since Ballantyne had never been to the
South Seas, the characters of the boys (especially the some- what effeminate,
sensitive Peterkin) are well-drawn, despite their rather formal speech.
William Golding, born in 1911, is almost certain to have read the nineteenth-
, century best-seller as a child.
16. The boy who seems to change the most from Ballantyne to Golding is
A. Jack. B. Ralph. C. Piggy. D. Simon.
17. Golding seems to have split Peterkin Guy into two characters:
A. Samneric. B. Simon and Piggy.
C. Maurice and Roger. D. Henry and Percival.
18. Golding may have been inspired to create the plot of Lord of the Flies by
a single
incident in Ballantyne's boys' book,
A. Peterkin's killing the old sow for meat.
B. the three boys' defeat of the evil cannibal faction.
C. Ralph's singlehandedly sailing the schooner to the island.
D. Jack and Ralph's salvaging many useful articles from the shipwreck.
19. From what you have learned of the Ballantyne novel, Golding has borrowed
A. setting. B. theme. C. mood. D. dialogue.
20. The part played by the British naval officer in Golding's novel
in Ballantyne's is
played by
A. Bloody Bill. B. the cannibals. C. the missionaries. D. Jack Martin.
OVER.
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Review of William Golding's Lord of the Flies (1954) FORM TWO Page 3
21. The function of the brush-fire in Golding's book is fulfilled here by
A. the shark. B. a storm. C. the cannibals. D. the missionaries.
PART THREE: Multiple-choice questions on the book (31 marks).
TWO
Do NOT write on this sheet: use answer sheet provided. (65 marks total)
PART ONE: Match the letter of the character with the number of his
description
(15 marks).
Note: each boy's name may be used a maximum of three times.
A. Simon B. Maurice C. Roger D. Samneric E. Percival F. Henry
G. the mulberry-birthmarked kid H. Wilfred I. Ralph J. Piggy K.
Jack
1. He is the first to propose that the boys build a signal fire on the
mountain top.
2. Although highly intelligent, he is unable to assert his influence or
even protecthimself.
3. Although he accepts the glamour of leadership, he finds the
mundane responsi-
bilities that go with the role frustrating.
4. He is the initiator of the "Kill-the-Pig" game that develops into a
tribal dance.
5. This lonely, sensitive visionary has an encounter in the
wilderness reminiscent
of that between Christ and the Devil in the seventh chapter of St. Matthew's
Gospel.
6. This sadistic follower acts as his Chief's henchman and torturer.
7. He seeks in his memory for the familiar, solace-giving incantation, but
finds that
this memory of his civilised identity has "faded clean away."
8.This formerly angelic chorister becomes a demagogue and then a totalitarian
dictator by harnassing the primitive forces latent within the human psyche.
9. Making no concession to the incarnation of evil, the Lord of the Flies,
this boy
intuitively recognizes the sources of evil and spiritual contagion on the island.
,10. The one who warns Ralph that Roger has sharpened a stick at both ends.
11. He may best be described physically by the phrase "ugly without silliness."
12. The boy who makes the suggestion to use green branches in order to
make more
smoke from the signal fire is . . . .
13. When Ralph considers giving up his chieftancy, this boy--who serves
as both his
conscience and his wiseman--pleads against his taking this step.
14. When the beast makes the mountain top unsafe, this boy suggests lighting
a signal fire on the beach instead.
15. He is ordered tied up and beaten to satisfy some whim of Jack's.
OVER.
-1-
Review of William Golding's Lord of the Flies (1954) FORM TWO Page 2
PART TWO: Multiple-choice questions based on R. N. Ballantyne's The
Coral Island
(6 marks). Read the passage below before answering the questions.
The Coral Island, A Tale of the Pacific Ocean, was published in 1858.
Young Ralph Rover is shipwrecked on a South Sea island with only two
companions, Jack Martin and Peterkin Guy. After discovering the
delights of coconuts, breadfruit, and oysters, the trio are nearly killed by a
shark, and then witness a fight between two factions of cannibals. Then
Ralph is captured by Bloody Bill the Pirate, whose death on the
high seas Ralph witnesses. The boy then singlehandedly sails the pirate
schooner back to the island to rescue his friends. The boys sail to another
island, where they are imprisoned by natives but later freed
through the intervention of Christian missionaries. Although his handling
of the setting is somewhat inept since Ballantyne had never been to the
South Seas, the characters of the boys (especially the some- what effeminate,
sensitive Peterkin) are well-drawn, despite their rather formal speech.
William Golding, born in 1911, is almost certain to have read the nineteenth-
, century best-seller as a child.
16. The boy who seems to change the most from Ballantyne to Golding is
A. Jack. B. Ralph. C. Piggy. D. Simon.
17. Golding seems to have split Peterkin Guy into two characters:
A. Samneric. B. Simon and Piggy.
C. Maurice and Roger. D. Henry and Percival.
18. Golding may have been inspired to create the plot of Lord of the Flies by
a single
incident in Ballantyne's boys' book,
A. Peterkin's killing the old sow for meat.
B. the three boys' defeat of the evil cannibal faction.
C. Ralph's singlehandedly sailing the schooner to the island.
D. Jack and Ralph's salvaging many useful articles from the shipwreck.
19. From what you have learned of the Ballantyne novel, Golding has borrowed
A. setting. B. theme. C. mood. D. dialogue.
20. The part played by the British naval officer in Golding's novel
in Ballantyne's is
played by
A. Bloody Bill. B. the cannibals. C. the missionaries. D. Jack Martin.
OVER.
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Review of William Golding's Lord of the Flies (1954) FORM TWO Page 3
21. The function of the brush-fire in Golding's book is fulfilled here by
A. the shark. B. a storm. C. the cannibals. D. the missionaries.
PART THREE: Multiple-choice questions on the book (31 marks).
