Semester 1 Final Flashcards
(108 cards)
1
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What appears to have happened to the fair-haired boy and the fat boy with glasses? (chapter 1)
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They were in a plane crash and landed on an island.
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On pg 8 Golding mentions a “scar”…what do you think this scar is? (chapter 1)
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Part of the island that was damaged by the plane. Trees were destroyed mainly.
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What is the name of the fair-haired boy? (chapter 1)
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Ralph
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What do we learn is the fat boy’s nickname, which he asks Ralph NOT to use? (chapter 1)
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Piggy
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Why is Ralph so sure they’ll eventually be rescued? (chapter 1)
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Because his father is in the Navy and he will come save them.
5
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On pg. 14 what does Piggy say that clues the audience in on what happened with the plane? (chapter 1)
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The pilot said something about an atom bomb.
6
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What is the creamy thing the boys spot in the lagoon, and why does it become significant? (chapter 1)
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The conch and because it can be used to call the others.
7
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What are the twins called? (chapter 1)
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Sam and Eric.
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What is the name of the red-headed boy who leads the choir? (chapter 1)
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Jack Merridew.
9
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When the boys decide they must have a leader, WHO do they choose and HOW do they choose? (chapter 1)
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Ralph and via vote.
10
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Ralph and Jack decide that the choir will act as… (chapter 1)
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Hunters.
11
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Which three boys decide to go out and scope the island? (chapter 1)
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Ralph, Jack, and Simon.
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Piggy is distraught that Ralph broke his trust and that the other boys are making fun of him. Why do you think Golding chose to put this in the book? What does show us about the boys? (chapter 1)
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Because it shows us that Piggy will likely be disrespected more in the future.
It shows us that the other boys are unkind.
13
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What animal do the boys encounter in the jungle? (chapter 1)
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A pig.
14
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Jack lifts his knife as if to kill it (the pig), but can’t bring himself to do it… why do you think that is? (chapter 1)
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Because killing is hard to do and Jack is still too moral for it at the moment.
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The first rule Ralph instills is _____ (Chapter 2)
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You can’t speak during a meeting unless you’re holding the conch.
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Why are the boys EXCITED to have rules? (Chapter 2)
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They provide order in an uncertain situation.
17
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At the assembly, what does the little boy with the mulberry-colored birthmark say he found in the woods? (chapter 2)
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A beastie
18
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What does Ralph continuously insist on to calm the littuns’ fear? (chapter 2)
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That there isn’t a beastie.
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How does Jack keep doubt in the littuns’ minds (about the beastie) ? (chapter 2)
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By saying he’ll look for it while hunting.
20
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What do the boys decide to build in order to be rescued? (chapter 2)
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A signal fire on the mountain.
21
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What do they use to light the fire on the mountain? (chapter 2)
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Piggy’s specs.
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What’s the problem with the fire they built? (chapter 2)
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It barely had any smoke.
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How are the boys already disrespecting the conch and their own rules? (chapter 2)
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By talking over Piggy who had the conch.
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On pages 43-44 what had the boy's accidently done? (chapter 2)
They had set half the island on fire.
25
What is implied happened to the little boy with the mulberry-colored birthmark? (chapter 2)
He died in the fire.
26
What's Ralph's first issue, in regards to water? (chapter 5)
All the boys had agreed to fill up coconuts and bring them to camp but they didn't.
27
What's Ralph's issue with the shelters they built? (chapter 5)
Most of the boys stopped helping after the first shelter was built.
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What is Ralph referring to when he talks about the "lavatory" and being "taken short"? (chapter 5)
The area near the beach that everyone agreed to use the bathroom by and using the restroom.
29
What decision does Ralph make about the fire? (chapter 5)
The boys were no longer allowed to take fire from the mountain to make fires elsewhere.
30
What topic begins to dominate the assembly? (chapter 5)
The beastie.
31
At the assembly, Phil describes his sighting of the beast. What did he see? (chapter 5)
On page 85 it is revealed that he most likely saw what/who? (chapter 5)
The said he was fighting with the creepers in the trees and when he woke up he saw something moving in the forest.
Simon walking in the forest.
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Why do you think Percival starts crying when he's asked about his sighting of the beast? (chapter 5)
Because he was asked about something scary.
33
Why is this chapter called "Beast From Water"? (chapter 5)
Because Percival said the beastie lives in the water.
34
How does Jack sabotage the assembly? (chapter 5)
He speaks out of turn and makes everyone more scared about the possibility of there being a beastie.
35
Ralph notes that "If I blow the conch and they don't come back; then we've had it. We shan't keep the fire going. We'll be like animals. We'll never be rescued. What does he understand about the power of the conch? (chapter 5)
He understands that it is the only thing keeping order and that order is the only thing keeping everyone from being people rather than animals.
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Why do Simon and Piggy convince Ralph to remain chief? (chapter 5)
Because Jack is the only other person interested in being chief and he wouldn't have the fire going and he would be cruel to Simon and Piggy.
37
What does Ralph wish for at the end of the chapter? (chapter 5)
A sign from the grownup world.
38
What happened to Percival at the very end of the chapter? (chapter 5)
He has a ?nightmare? and keeps repeating his name and address.
39
At the start of the chapter, "a sign can down from the world of the grownups, though at the time there was no child awake to read it." What falls out of the sky and lands on the island? (chapter 6)
A dead man attacked to parachute.
40
Who is watching the fire signal when the parachutist lands on the mountain? (chapter 6)
SamnEric
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What do SamnEric THINK they see when the dead man lands on the mountain? (chapter 6)
The beastie.
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What do the older boys decide they must do after SamnEric find 'the beast'? (chapter 6)
They decided to hunt the beast.
43
Where is the one place on the island Jack hadn't been? (chapter 6)
The rock castle.
44
Who decided search the area alone once they get to the castle? (chapter 6)
Who eventually joins him and why?
Ralph.
Jack and because he "couldn't let Ralph do it alone"
45
What do the other hunters do after Ralph and Jack have been looking around the castle and rocks and were safe? (chapter 6)
They joined them and started excitedly looking around.
46
Where do Ralph and the hunters decided to go after looking around the rocky area? (chapter 6)
To the mountain to check if the fire is still going.
47
Golding describes Jack as having long hair and tanned, even burnt and blistering skin. What does this intend to tell the reader? (chapter 3)
That the boys had been on the island for quite some time.
48
What are the "droppings" Jack finds and what is a pig run? (chapter 3)
The droppings were pig poo and a pig run is a group of pigs running together.
49
Where are the boys keeping fresh water for drinking? (chapter 3)
In coconut shells by a tree.
50
What were Ralph and Simon doing when Jack returns to the beach? (chapter 3)
Trying to build shelters.
51
What do Ralph and Jack argue about? (chapter 3)
Ralph thinks the hunters should help build shelters and are being lazy like everyone else that stopped working since hunting is fun and they never come back with anything.
Jack thinks that his desire for meat outweighs the need for shelters and that building them isn't his problem.
52
Why do the littluns scream during the night? (chapter 3)
Because they're scared of the beastie and worry that they aren't on a good island.
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What does Simon find in the jungle? (chapter 3)
A peaceful place with trees that bare fruit and flowers and where sun shines through more than the rest of the forest. There is also a cave that Simon can relax in.
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After doing nothing but picking and eating fruit all day, what health issues now plague the littluns? (chapter 4)
A sort of chronic diarrhea.
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What have the littluns been building on the beach? (chapter 4)
Detailed sandcastles.
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What do Roger and Maurice do? (chapter 4)
They ruin the sandcastles the littluns were working on.
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Golding notes that "In his other life Maurice had received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand. Now, though there was no parent to lay a heavy hand, Maurice still felt the unease of wrongdoing." What point do you think William Golding is trying to make? (chapter 4)
That the boys still have morals.
58
What happens between Roger and Henry at the lagoon? (chapter 4)
Henry waved a stick in the water and little creatures followed it. Roger watched in intrigue.
59
What does Jack do with the charcoal and clay? (chapter 4)
Golding says that "the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated by shame and self-consciousness." What is Golding trying to say here?
He paints his face with it.
He's saying that not looking like yourself can make you feel more confident since it brings a sense of detachment from you and your actions.
60
What does Ralph see off on the horizon?
What does Ralph realize as he looks up at the mountain? (chapter 4)
A ship's smoke.
That their own smoke signal is out.
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What are the other boys chanting as they return from the jungle? (chapter 4)
Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.
62
Why did the hunters let the fire go out? (chapter 4)
Because Jack had every single hunter on the hunt instead of leaving someone to tend to the fire like he was meant to.
63
How does Ralph insult Jack's hunters? (chapter 8)
He calls them boys armed with sticks.
64
How does Jack begin to turn the other boys against Ralph at the assembly? (chapter 8)
He says that Ralph isn't a good chief and then he leaves Ralph's tribe.
65
What does Piggy suggest about the fire? (chapter 8)
That a new one should be made on the beach so they can avoid the beastie.
66
What does Ralph begin to realize about the other bigguns like Roger, Maurice, Robert, and Bill? (chapter 8)
That they left to live in Jack's tribe.
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Simon wanders off on his own...what begins to happen to him? (chapter 8)
He gets dehydrated and overheats.
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What preoccupies Jack and his new tribe? (chapter 8)
Hunting and preparing for a feast.
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What do they do with the head (of the pig they killed)? (chapter 8)
They put it on a stick they stuck in the ground as an offering to the beast.
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What is the Lord of the Flies? (chapter 8)
The pig head.
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Thunder rolls in overhead and a storm is coming in... what could William Golding be foreshadowing? (chapter 8)
That the Lord of the Flies might do something terrible.
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Why does Jack come down to the beach? (chapter 8)
To steal fire and invite the others to join his tribe.
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Simon begins hallucinating that the "Lord of the Flies" is speaking to him. It says... "Fancy thinking the beast is something you can hunt and kill... I'm a part of you...we are going to have fun on this island." What is the Lord of the Flies saying here? (chapter 8)
That the beast is really just the devil/evil that's already in everyone including Simon and that the devil will do bad things on the island.
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Beelzebub, another name for satan/the devil, is sometimes called the lord of the flies. Those who follow Abrahamic religions believe that Jesus Christ wandered through the desert for 40 days and 40 nights while being tempted by satan. How is Simon's run in with the Lord of the Flies similar? (chapter 8)
Simon is being tempted by the devil just like Jesus was. Also Simon acts like Jesus when he shares meat with Piggy by the fire when no one else would (breaking bread with him), and when he gives Piggy his glasses back after they fall off (giving the blind their sight back).
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What does Simon see when he gets to the top of the mountain? (chapter 9)
The dead man.
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What are Ralph and Piggy doing back at the beach? (chapter 9)
Bathing.
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What does it say about the state of their "civilization" that Jack says the conch doesn't count anymore? (chapter 9)
It doesn't have order and is chaotic.
78
"A thing was crawling out of the forest...the beast stumbled in the circle...Simon was crying out something about a dead man on a hill...the beast was on its knees in the center, its arms folded over his face...it was crying out...something about a body on a hill." What happened in the pig circle?
Simon was murdered even though he wasn't even the beast.
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What happened to the parachutist? (chapter 9)
The wind picked him up and took him off the island.
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Who is left in Ralph's tribe? (chapter 10)
Piggy, SamnEric, and some littluns.
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What is Ralph's reaction when Piggy says he's still chief, and why do you think he reacts that way? (chapter 10)
The laughs because now he's barely the chief of anybody.
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How do the boys justify the murder of Simon, and convince themselves it wasn't murder? (chapter 10)
They said it was dark, they were scared, and that it was an accident.
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What clue does Golding give that SamnEric were more involved in the pig dance than they are letting on? (chapter 10)
They are a little injured and are VERY persistent that they had left early.
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What contraption has Roger built outside the new tribe's fort? (chapter 10)
A rock that can be knocked onto someone by pulling a lever.
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What has Jack done to Wilfred? (chapter 10)
He tied him up for hours and then beat him.
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How is Jack using fear to make his tribe loyal to him? (chapter 10)
By beating a member of his tribe without stating a reason.
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What does Jack realise he needs if he wants to go hunting for another pig? (chapter 10)
Fire to cook the pig.
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What does Ralph's tribe hear outside when they're trying to fall asleep? (chapter 10)
Jack's tribe taking the fire and Jack calling for Piggy.
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What happens between the two tribes at the end of the chapter? (chapter 10)
What does Jack leave with?
They all get into a giant fight.
Piggy's glasses.
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Why doesn't Jack want/take the conch? (chapter 10)
It was used for order and having civil meetings but Jack's tribe isn't civil so they don't respect the conch anymore.
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Why do you think at the end of the chapter Golding says that Jack was now "chief in truth"? (chapter 10)
Because Jack showed strength and power when he raided the other tribe.
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What is Piggy planning to do when they confront Jack? (chapter 11)
He plans to make Jack return his glasses and to lecture him on morality.
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Why do you think Piggy is so desperately clinging to the conch? (chapter 11)
Because Piggy still holds the false belief that it has it's power.
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What do the boys decide to do before they go to Jack's tribe? (Chapter 11)
They decide to bathe.
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What does Golding mean when he says "They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint brought."? (chapter 11)
They paint makes them feel like savages that can do whatever they want.
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Who is on watch when they get to Jack's tribe? (chapter 11)
Roger
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Where does Piggy hide while Ralph talks to the other boys? (chapter 11)
Behind a rock because Piggy is nearly blind.
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What do Jack and his tribe do to Ralph, SamnEric, and Piggy? (chapter 11)
They tie them up and take their spears.
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Why do you think Jack's tribe hesitates to follow his orders? (chapter 11)
Because his orders are cruel.
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What happens between Jack and Ralph? (chapter 11)
They start fighting.
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What happens to the conch? (chapter 11)
It shatters.
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What happens to Piggy? (chapter 11)
He falls to his death after Ralph pulls the lever that makes a rock fall.
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Roger comes down from his post and looks at what he's done and Golding notes that the "hangman's horror clung around him". What do you think he means? (chapter 11)
That Roger feels really guilty for having had killed a man.
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Ralph says that "This is not Bill. This was a savage whose image refused to blend with that ancient picture of a boy in shorts and a shirt". What does that mean? (chapter 12)
That the 'boys' in Jack's tribe were no longer civil and more like animals than humans.
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Golding note that "The breaking of the conch and the deaths of Piggy and Simon lay over the island like a vapor." Why is the destruction of the conch and the deaths so significant? (chapter 12)
The conch breaking is significant because it symbolizes the destruction of order since it used to have the power to keep order.
The deaths are so significant because the civil are dying while the savage remain.
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Who does Ralph find keeping watch? (chapter 12)
SamnEric
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What is Jack planning to do tomorrow?
To hunt Ralph.
