Lord Of The Flies AP Questions 2

Read the passage from Chapter 12. Read carefully before choosing your answers. Consider exactly what the question is asking and pay close attention to the details of the passage and your answer choices.

The savage peered into the obscurity beneath the thicket. You could tell that he saw light on this side and on that, but not in the middle— there. In the middle was a blob of dark and the savage wrinkled up his face, trying to decipher the darkness. The seconds lengthened. Ralph was looking straight into the savage's eyes. Don't scream. You'll get back. Now he's seen you. He's making sure. A stick sharpened. Ralph screamed, a scream of fright and anger and desperation. His legs straightened, the screams became continuous and foaming. He shot forward, burst the thicket, was in the open, screaming, snarling, bloody. He swung the stake and the savage tumbled over; but there were others coming toward him, crying out. He swerved as a spear flew past and then was silent, running. All at once the lights flickering ahead of him merged together, the roar of the forest rose to thunder and a tall bush directly in his path burst into a great fan-shaped flame. He swung to the right, running desperately fast, with the heat beating on his left side and the fire racing forward like a tide. The ululation rose behind him and spread along, a series of short sharp cries, the sighting call. A brown figure showed up at his right and fell away. They were all running, all crying out madly. He could hear them crashing in the undergrowth and on the left was the hot, bright thunder of the fire. He forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear on flying feet, rushing through the forest toward the open beach. Spots jumped before his eyes and turned into red circles that expanded quickly till they passed out of sight. Below him someone's legs were getting tired and the desperate ululation advanced like a jagged fringe of menace and was almost overhead. He stumbled over a root and the cry that pursued him rose even higher. He saw a shelter burst into flames and the fire flapped at his right shoulder and there was the glitter of water. Then he was down, rolling over and over in the warm sand, crouching with arm to ward off, trying to cry for mercy. He staggered to his feet, tensed for more terrors, and looked up at a huge peaked cap. It was a white-topped cap, and above the green shade of the peak was a crown, an anchor, gold foliage. He saw white drill, epaulettes, a revolver, a row of gilt buttons down the front of a uniform. A naval officer stood on the sand, looking down at Ralph in wary astonishment. On the beach behind him was a cutter, her bows hauled up and held by two ratings. In the stern-sheets another rating held a sub-machine gun. The ululation faltered and died away. The officer looked at Ralph doubtfully for a moment, then took his hand away from the butt of the revolver. "Hullo." Squirming a little, conscious of his filthy appearance, Ralph answered shyly. "Hullo." The officer nodded, as if a question had been answered. "Are there any adults—any grown-ups with you?" Dumbly, Ralph shook his head. He turned a halfpace on the sand. A semicircle of little boys, their bodies streaked with colored clay, sharp sticks in their hands, were standing on the beach making no noise at all. "Fun and games," said the officer. The fire reached the coconut palms by the beach and swallowed them noisily. A flame, seemingly detached, swung like an acrobat and licked up the palm heads on the platform. The sky was black. The officer grinned cheerfully at Ralph. "We saw your smoke. What have you been doing? Having a war or something?" Ralph nodded. The officer inspected the little scarecrow in front of him. The kid needed a bath, a haircut, a nose-wipe and a good deal of ointment. "Nobody killed, I hope? Any dead bodies?" "Only two. And they've gone." The officer leaned down and looked closely at Ralph. "Two? Killed?" Ralph nodded again. Behind him, the whole island was shuddering with flame. The officer knew, as a rule, when people were telling the truth. He whistled softly. Other boys were appearing now, tiny tots some of them, brown, with the distended bellies of small savages. One of them came close to the officer and looked up. "I'm, I'm—" But there was no more to come. Percival Wemys Madison sought in his head for an incantation that had faded clean away. The officer turned back to Ralph. "We'll take you off. How many of you are there?" Ralph shook his head. The officer looked past him to the group of painted boys. "Who's boss here?" "I am," said Ralph loudly. A little boy who wore the remains of an extraordinary black cap on his red hair and who carried the remains of a pair of spectacles at his waist, started forward, then changed his mind and stood still. "We saw your smoke. And you don't know how many of you there are?" "No, sir." "I should have thought," said the officer as he visualized the search before him, "I should have thought that a pack of British boys—you're all British, aren't you?—would have been able to put up a better show than that—I mean—" "It was like that at first," said Ralph, "before things—" He stopped. "We were together then—" The officer nodded helpfully. "I know. Jolly good show. Like The Coral Island." Ralph looked at him dumbly. For a moment he had a fleeting picture of the strange glamour that had once invested the beaches. But the island was scorched up like dead wood—Simon was dead—and Jack had. . . . The tears began to flow and sobs shook him. He gave himself up to them now for the first time on the island; great, shuddering spasms of grief that seemed to wrench his whole body. His voice rose under the black smoke before the burning wreckage of the island; and infected by that emotion, the other little boys began to shake and sob too. And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy. The officer, surrounded by these noises, was moved and a little embarrassed. He turned away to give them time to pull themselves together; and waited, allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser in the distance.

As the Lord of the Flies talks to Simon, Golding describes how Simon hears the others boys in the distance and that, "all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the parody of laughter"? With this description, Golding implies that. a. The severity and solemnity of the Beast is not taken seriously on the rest of the island b. The voices in Simon's head have increased in severity the longer he stays on the island. c. Jack and his tribe are having their feast and have excluded Simon d. The boys find it amusing that the Lord of the Flies can actually talk e. The boys are ridiculing Simon for talking to an inanimate object.

a

Simon only speaks once in the entire passage. His words "Pig's head on a stick" are most likely a. an attempt to remind himself that this is a hallucination b. an admission to his own guilt in the brutal killing of the sow C. an act of bold defiance in the face of evil d. a way to piece together that the pigs are the beasts on the island e. a way to get the attention of the other boys

a

"Simon answered him in the same silent voice" is an example of a a. chiasmus b. metaphor c. oxymoron d. hyperbole e. onomatopeia

c

Read the passage from Chapter 8. Read carefully before choosing your answers. Consider exactly what the question is asking and pay close attention to the details of the passage and your answer choices.

"You are a silly little boy," said the Lord of the Flies, "just an ignorant, silly little boy." Simon moved his swollen tongue but said nothing. "Don't you agree?" said the Lord of the Flies. "Aren't you just a silly little boy?" Simon answered him in the same silent voice. "Well then," said the Lord of the Flies, "you'd better run off and play with the others. They think you're batty. You don't want Ralph to think you're batty, do you? You like Ralph a lot, don't you? And Piggy, and Jack?" Simon's head was tilted slightly up. His eyes could not break away and the Lord of the Flies hung in space before him. "What are you doing out here all alone? Aren't you afraid of me?" Simon shook. "There isn't anyone to help you. Only me. And I'm the Beast." Simon's mouth labored, brought forth audible words. "Pig's head on a stick." "Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!" said the head. For a moment or two the forest and all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the parody of laughter. "You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?" The laughter shivered again. "Come now," said the Lord of the Flies. "Get back to the others and we'll forget the whole thing." Simon's head wobbled. His eyes were half closed as though he were imitating the obscene thing on the stick. He knew that one of his times was coming on. The Lord of the Flies was expanding like a balloon. "This is ridiculous. You know perfectly well you'll only meet me down there—so don't try to escape!" Simon's body was arched and stiff. The Lord of the Flies spoke in the voice of a schoolmaster. "This has gone quite far enough. My poor, misguided child, do you think you know better than I do?" There was a pause. "I'm warning you. I'm going to get angry. D'you see? You're not wanted. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island. Understand? We are going to have fun on this island! So don't try it on, my poor misguided boy, or else—" Simon found he was looking into a vast mouth. There was blackness within, a blackness that spread. "—Or else," said the Lord of the Flies, "we shall do you? See? Jack and Roger and Maurice and Robert and Bill and Piggy and Ralph. Do you. See?" Simon was inside the mouth. He fell down and lost consciousness.

In the final lines, Golding describes how the officer "was moved and a little embarrassed. He turned away to give them time to pull themselves together; and waited, allowing his eyes to rest on the trim cruiser in the distance." These lines reveal the officer to be... a. consumed by guilt in not rescuing the boys sooner b. unsympathetic to the trauma the boys have endured c. questioning whether or not his own war is worth the cost d. relieved that all of the boys have been found safely. e. frustrated that this rescue mission has pulled him away from the war

b

Question 11 Cite an example of deus ex machina, (Deus ex machina: an unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.) a. the burning shelter b. the naval officer c. the burning bush d. the rising ululation e. the double-pointed spear

b

The Lord of the Flies tries to tempt Simon by appealing to Simon's desire to a. be rescued b. not have Ralph think of him as crazy c. be the leader on the island d. be accepted by Jack and Roger e. take care of the littluns

b

All of the following are true of this passage EXCEPT a. Simon has had "fainting" spells like this before b. Simon confirms his suspicion that the Beast is only psychological c. Simon tries to kill the Beast d. Simon speaks aloud to the Beast e. Simon realizes that he does not fit in with the other boys

c

The officer's reference to The Coral Island* indicates that (The Coral Island was a popular children's book about the adventures of three boys who are shipwrecked on an island.) a. the boys really were no danger to Ralph b. the boys' primitive clothing and makeup is theatrical c. the officer is clueless as to what has occurred on the island d. the officer has been searching for the boys since their plane e. the officer knows precisely what the boys have endured

c

The fact that Percival Wemys Madison cannot remember his name... a. reveals that this was a fake name all along b. bring hope that the formalities of British society have been restored. c. indicates the boy will be returning home to wealth. d. the trauma of this experience has deeply impacted his memory and identity e. the use of formal names have been rendered futile by the war in the adult world.

d

The overall tone of this passage could be described as ... a. clinical and unbiased b. surreal and confusing c. detached and dubious d. ominous and threatening e. authoritative and introspective

d

What does this passage reveal about the title of the book? a. The pig is called the Lord of the Flies because it is covered by flies b. The title of the book suggest hunters are more important than the others C. The Lord of the Flies is a figment of the boys' imagination d. The Lord of the Flies is the Beast and the Beast is human nature e. The title of the book was chosen by Simon

d

When considered in context with the entire novel, all of the following elements of this passage are ironic EXCEPT... a. A naval officer comes to their rescue while himself on a mission of savagery. b. The chief advocate for the fire is now threatened by a fire. C. At the officer's question of Who's boss here," Jack no longer chooses to be identified as a leader. d. The officer who rescues them is not Ralph's father. e. While the fire that was meant to effect their rescue never did, this fire set to destroy Ralph attracts the rescue ship's attention

d

In this conversation, the Beast suggests that Simon already knew that a. there was no one to help him b. the others thought he was batty c. he was just a little boy d. the pig wasn't the schoolmaster e. the Beast was part of all the boys

e

The fact that it is Simon who encounters the Beast suggests that a. Simon is pure and can be corrupted b. the Beast is Simon's nemesis c. Simon is indeed insane d. Ralph and Jack are polar opposites e. Simon has the knowledge that can save them

e

This passage supports the novel's classification as a. a romance b. a tragedy C. an adventure story d. a religious allegory e. a loss-of-innocence novel

e