What is the significance of "The Sound of the Shell"? (chapter 1)
The conch shell represents democracy and unity
What is Ralph's attitude toward Piggy when he first meets him? (chapter 1)
indifferent but superior
What is the significance of Piggy's plea to join the expedition? (chap...
Lord of the Flies exam questions and
answers
What is the significance of "The Sound of the Shell"? (chapter 1) - answer The conch shell
represents democracy and unity
What is Ralph's attitude toward Piggy when he first meets him? (chapter 1) - answer indifferent
but superior
What is the significance of Piggy's plea to join the expedition? (chapter 1) - answer Piggy was
unable to go because of his physical defects; shows the differences in Ralph's and Jack's
characters
Why is Ralph elected chief? (chapter 1) - answer He is more athletic and better looking than
Jack. He had the conch, which made him a symbol of authority
What is the "scar" that is repeatedly mentioned? (chapter 1) - answer It's the ditch the plane
had dug out and the trail of trees. It represents man destroying nature and the boys bringing
destruction to the island.
Why is Jack unable to kill the pig? (chapter 1) - answer The enormity of it. It wasn't in his
civilized nature.
What do Piggy, Simon, and the littlun with the birthmark have in common? (chapter 1) - answer
They are all "defective".
How is Jack presented to the reader? (chapter 1) - answer Read-headed: hot tempered, angry;
Wearing black: ominous
, Why did Golding use British schoolboys? (chapter 1) - answer They are supposed to be proper
and from elite families. It emphasizes their transition from civilized to savage.
How is Piggy revealed as most closely tied to the world of adults? (chapter 1) - answer He talks
about his "auntie" and tells the boys to "Quit acting like kids". This indicates he's around adults
more often than kids, possibly because he's been rejected.
How is Piggy indirectly responsible for the blowing of the conch? (chapter 1) - answer He tells
Ralph how to blow the conch shell. *This suggests his intelligence*
What questions does the littlun with the birthmark raise? (chapter 2) - answer He asks them
what they're going to do about the "beast".
How do Ralph and Jack answer the question about the beast? (chapter 2) - answer Ralph denies
there is a beast (denies evil)/ Jack said if there was a beast, his hunters could kill it.
What is the significance of the chapter's title "Fire on the mountain"? (chapter 2) - answer The
boys' destruction of the island.
How do they start the fire? (chapter 2) - answer They use Piggy's specs (last remains of society).
What is the significance of "Huts on the Beach"? (chapter 3) - answer Established society on the
island
Why does Ralph reproach Jack? (chapter 3) - answer He's angry that Jack has been hunting
while he has been working on the shelters.
What two groups with differing goals are emerging? (chapter 3) - answer Ralph's side: shelters,
rules, order.
Jack's and the hunters: hunting, having fun.
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