Name
Lord of the Flies
Activity #2: Vocabulary
Chapters 1-3
Directions: On each line, one of the words following the boldfaced word is not a
synonym for it. Circle the word that does not belong.
1.
enmity
hostility
animosity
benevolence
2.
chorister
musician
chronicle
singer
3.
decorous
incorrect
proper
seemly
4.
hiatus
interval
completion
gap
5.
efflorescence
bloom
flourish
glow
6.
bastion
bulwark
steel
fortification
7.
tumult
inactivity
disorder
turbulence
8.
tirade
sermon
drudgery
outpouring
9.
ebullience
excitement
enthusiasm
eccentricity
recrimination
vindication
accusation
reproach
1 1 . declivities
grades
apertures
slopes
12.
tacit
implied
understood
certified
1 3.
inscrutable
incomprehensible
psychopathic
unfathomable
1 4.
vicissitudes
fortunes
fates
clairvoyance
15.
oppressive
severe
discretionary
abusive
1 0.
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Name
Lord of the Flies
Comprehension Quiz: Chapters 1 -3
I. Match the character to his action or description. Some letters may be used
more than once, some not at all. (2 points each)
1. heavy, asthmatic, bespectacled
2. helps Ralph build the shelters
3. blows the conch to call meetings
4. insists on keeping a fire going
5. obsessed with hunting pigs
A. Jack
B. Simon
C. Ralph
D. Piggy
E. Eric
II. True/False (2 points each)
6. Piggy doesn't mind being called by his nickname.
7. There are no adults on the island as far as the boys know.
8. The boy with the birthmark started the fire.
9. Jack and Ralph don't get along very well.
10. Simon is terrified of being alone in the jungle.
III. Explain the significance of each of the following quotes. (5 points each)
11 ."We got to let that burn out now. And that was our firewood." (Who said this?
After what? What does it reveal about the speaker? the boys?)
12. "They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling, unable to
communicate." (Who are 'they'? What does the metaphor tell about their
relationship?)
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