Lord of the Flies Test Review
Review your notes:
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all chapter questions
chart on conflict
character profiles
notes on chapters 8-12
notes on symbolism and allegory
notes on theme (see reverse of this sheet)
notes on significance of a passage (quotes)
Test Structure:
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some multiple choice
short answer
paragraph
Consider the following questions:
1. The novel is largely about good vs. evil. Think of some examples from the novel
that illustrate this idea. Which do you think wins in the end? What might this say
about human nature?
2. The novel is on an island and is centered around a group of young boys. What is
the significance of these choices? Consider what might have unfolded if the
novel had had a different setting or a different group on it.
3. Make a list of the types of conflict in the novel. Which type of conflict in the
novel creates the greatest problems? Why? Use specific examples.
4. Golding has stated that the main theme of the novel is to trace “the defects of
society back to the defects of human nature”. What defects of human nature do
you think Golding is illustrating in his novel? How are they the cause of some of
the defects in society?
Theme: A theme statement is a universal (can apply to anyone) message that can be
determined from the events in a work of literature.
To create a theme statement, first determine some of the central topics . For example, in
Romeo and Juliet one of the theme topics could be love.
Make a list from LOTF:
Now, consider how that TOPIC is treated. Is it a positive treatment or a negative
treatment?
Choose one of your topics and write about how it appears in the novel.
EX: Love causes Romeo to do some crazy things like go to a party he was not invited to,
to elope, to kill a man, to die.
Do the same for LOTF:
Now, write a sentence that expresses the result of the topic and treatment.
EX: Great sacrifices are made in the name of love.
Try to write one for one of your LOTF topics: