Grades 9–10 · Literature
This quiz helps revise “William Golding: Lord of the Flies” in Literature for grades 9–10. It has 25 questions in five categories: The Island, The Schoolboys, Symbols of Power, Descent into Chaos, Golding and Context. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
How do the British schoolboys first end up stranded on the uninhabited tropical island?
What long swath of broken trees and torn earth across the jungle marks where the aircraft crashed?
What calm body of…
In the gameWhat raised slab of…
In the gameWhat rocky promontory at…
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Which fair-haired twelve-year-old boy is elected leader by the assembly at the start of the novel?
What nickname is given to the chubby, asthmatic boy whose intellect provides Ralph with crucial guidance?
Which choir leader rebels…
In the gameWhich quiet, visionary boy…
In the gameWhat collective name is…
In the gameWhat large marine shell is blown to summon the boys and held by whoever speaks during assemblies?
What optical objects belonging to Piggy are used by the boys to focus sunlight and ignite wood?
What smoke beacon on…
In the gameWhat does Jack smear…
In the gameWhat severed animal part…
In the gameWhat disciplined group of boys, originally wearing black gowns and caps, transforms into Jack's hunters?
What dead combatant, tangled in parachute silk on the mountain, is mistaken by the boys for the beast?
Which inseparable twin brothers…
In the gameWhich sadistic boy leans…
In the gameWhat object, sharpened at…
In the gameWhat profession did author William Golding practice in Salisbury, giving him daily insight into boys' behavior?
What 1858 adventure novel by R. M. Ballantyne, featuring civilized shipwrecked boys, did Golding set out to subvert?
What Hebrew name for…
In the gameWhat uniformed adult arrives…
In the gameWhat international honor was…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.