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Lord of the Flies - Setting
This GCSE English Literature quiz will challenge you on setting in William Golding's Lord of the Flies. A fiction work’s “setting” refers to the time and the location in which its events occur. Of course, most texts will have more than one setting. Just as in life, events will usually take place in different locations and at different times. Natural features, buildings, vehicles and other spaces provide individual settings within the wider setting. Atmosphere will also change multiple times over the course of a work of fiction. It can often be useful to contrast these various settings with one another.
Events, whether as part of the action, or taking place in the background, provide another crucial element to a text’s setting. Social and political issues often play an important role.
1.
How does the setting of the Lord of the Flies affect its meaning?
The setting on an uninhabited island becomes the basis for plot development; the events could not take place in the presence of adult society
The island and its population of children becomes a microcosm of human society; the children's violence mirrors the violent destruction practised by the adult world
The island provides a self-contained world, one which could be paradise if not for the evil in the hearts of its human inhabitants
All of the above
An interesting question to ask would be whether the novel would be at all the same if it were to take place elsewhere. Can you think of an alternate setting which could achieve the same effects?
2.
"Darkness poured out, submerging the ways between the trees till they were dim and strange as the bottom of the sea. The candle-buds opened, their wide white flowers glimmering under the light that pricked down from the first stars." These lines describe which place on the island?
The shelters
The Castle Rock
Simon's hiding place
The mountaintop
Simon's hiding place is a source of wonder at night, when the white flowers open. This spot is near the place where Jack and his hunters later set the pig's head on a spear
3.
Where is Lord of the Flies set?
In Hong Kong
On an uninhabited island in the Indian Ocean
On an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean
In the Caribbean
The flight which the schoolboys are on crashes into the jungle on an uninhabited island in the Pacific
4.
The boys survive by eating....
Shellfish
Fruit
Meat
All of the above
The boys eat fruit, shellfish and roast pork. These food sources represent varying levels of difficulty to obtain: fruit is the easiest and the least satisfying; shellfish requires catching and cooking; hunting pigs takes skill and much more effort, but can feed the entire group of boys
5.
The first camp the boys set up is located on the beach near the lagoon. Where is Jack's rival camp?
By the fruit trees
On the mountain
At the rocks
Deep in the jungle
Jack is struck with the idea that the rocks look like a castle fortress. Jack's thoughts turn to defence, even though the only danger comes from other boys, while Ralph is unimpressed with the area because it lacks shelter. The place becomes known by the boys as Castle Rock
6.
"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." How does the novel's conclusion present the relationship between the island and its inhabitants?
The unkempt outward appearance of the boys is reflected by the destruction of the island
The unkempt outward appearance of the boys is contrasted to the state of the island
The unkempt outward appearance of the boys demonstrates how the island is unfit for human habitation
These lines demonstrate the unpleasant effect of the island environment, which has worked against the boys' natural desire to be civilised
As a group the boys have neglected those tasks necessary in tending, nurturing and maintaining life, destroying themselves and their environment in the process
7.
Which of the following is NOT present on the island?
A volcano
A jungle
Beaches
A lagoon
The island has a mountain, beaches, a lagoon and coral reef, a jungle and cliffs
8.
When is the novel set?
1900-1910
During the First World War
During the Second World War
During an unspecified time after the invention of atomic weapons
The time of the novel is left unspecified, although atomic warfare has arrived. While there are many similarities with the events of WWII, which had come to an end less than a decade before the novel was published, the war which is being waged over the Pacific is between Britain, where the boys are from, and the "reds", or Communists. Setting the novel during a fictional war allows the reader to see human violence as an ongoing problem, rather than one which has been resolved through victory
9.
"The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of the rock and began to pick his way towards the lagoon. Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered to his forehead. All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat." Which of the following is correct of these opening sentences?
The first introduction of the island makes it seem to be an unspoiled paradise
Although the island, once explored, appears to be a paradise, these lines foreshadow the horror to come
The natural and the human are in complete sympathy with one another at first
The island is presented as a mild and gentle environment in these first lines
The metaphor of the scar through the jungle, the overwhelming heat, the hair plastered to the forehead by sweat and the use of the violent word "smashed" introduce the island in a decidedly dark tone. The arrival of humans on the island takes the form of a scar through nature
10.
The tropical setting means that night falls quickly. What effect does this sudden nightfall have on the meaning of the text?
The sudden nightfall makes the boys more friendly and cooperative as they realise they need each other for survival
The sudden nightfall helps the boys to feel at home
The sudden nightfall is contrasted with the brilliant sunshine of midday, emphasising a sharp distinction between good and evil
The sudden nightfall is contrasted with the warmth and comfort of the lagoon, emphasising that all nights ultimately come to an end
Night represents fear and the evil which gives rise to fear. Day represents safety and goodness. The sharp distinction is an illusion: Simon finds beauty in the darkness and daylight itself becomes unsafe when Jack's tribe waits for sunrise to begin hunting Ralph
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