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"My father's in the Navy. He said there aren't any unknown islands left."
Lord of the Flies - Context
This GCSE English Literature quiz challenges you on context in Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Context, when used in reference to a literary work, means the environment in which a text was written. This environment includes social and political events, great and small, as well as the geographical location and time at which the author wrote. If you think these aspects of context are beginning to sound familiar, this is because you will find the same elements in a text’s setting. As you know, setting refers to the fictional aspects of the world contained in the text. Context describes the same aspects of the author’s own world. On some occasions, the author’s historical context might seem indistinguishable from the fictional setting of the text. This is the case with Lord of the Flies, where readers sometimes assume that the novel’s historical setting matches Golding’s own wartime experiences (watch out for the differences!).
1 .
"My father's in the Navy. He said there aren't any unknown islands left. He says the Queen has a big room full of maps and all the islands in the world are drawn there." Ralph's statements are intended to make the other boys feel safe and confident. They are a reminder of...
The British Empire
The Allied Powers
The European Union
The United Nations
Ralph says, "The Queen's got a picture of this island." The reassuring image of British maps which encompass the entire world and a Queen with a Navy at her command emphasises the reach of the British Empire. It is this world, however, whose decline is already well-advanced at the time the novel was written
2 .
In the novel the boys are evacuated during a war with the "Reds". Who are the "Reds"?
Communists
Imperialists
Nationalists
Australians
"Reds" is shorthand for Communists. The war from which the boys are evacuated is not a historical war; its details are kept vague. This gives the war in which the novel is set a broad and deeply symbolic meaning
3 .
William Golding worked as which of the following?
Doctor
Teacher
Scientist
Painter
Golding taught in a boys' grammar school. He also served as a naval officer in the Second World War, published poetry and worked in theatre
4 .
The opening to the novel resembles what type of story?
A mystery
A ghost story
A romance
An adventure story
The novel is written so that the reader will be reminded of a boys' adventure story, a genre popular in the early twentieth century. The boys, excited at the thought of having the island to themselves, compare their future adventures to Treasure Island, Swallows and Amazons and Coral Island
5 .
In what year was Lord of the Flies first published?
1934
1944
1954
1964
Lord of the Flies was published in 1954, almost the middle of the twentieth century
6 .
"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." What does the naval officer's statement imply?
That boys from other countries would naturally be expected to know how to live on an island
That British boys have learned in school how to survive on a desert island
That the British are more civilised than others
All of the above
The naval officer expresses disappointment that British boys, in particular, could have become so uncivilised and even so disorganised that they are unsure how many boys are on the island
7 .
Piggy's nickname results from the bullying he received at school. Against his will, Ralph shares the nickname with the other boys, perpetuating the bullying culture. Which of the following is NOT true of bullying in the novel?
The novel shows how the bullying of one individual by another escalates into bullying by a group and then into war-like violence
The novel shows that bullying is a form of violence in which groups isolate victims who are perceived as somehow different
The novel shows that adult society, unlike the group of children, ensures that violence is not inflicted on the innocent
The novel shows that enjoyment of bullying can easily lead to the enjoyment of inflicting pain
The bullying in the novel develops naturally from the boys' previous lives as school pupils; it escalates from name-calling and ridicule to injury, accidental death and the intention to murder
8 .
Which of the following took place in 1945 in New Mexico, United States of America?
The first battle of the Cold War
The signing of the first peace treaty to end the Second World War
The detonation of the first nuclear bomb
All of the above
Nuclear bombs were dropped by the United States on the Japanese cities, Nagasaki and Hiroshima, soon afterwards. In the novel, Piggy overhears the pilot of the plane talking about an "atom" (nuclear) bomb which, he assumes, has destroyed the airport where the plane was due to land
9 .
What is the single piece of modern technology the boys have on the island?
Matches
Piggy's glasses
The airplane radio
A megaphone
Without Piggy's glasses, it is unlikely a fire could have been lit. Piggy, of course, needs the glasses to see, but is willing to share them for the good of the group. Later the glasses become a resource to be fought over and are stolen
10 .
The novel was first published during which war?
WWI
WWII
The Cold War
The Vietnam War (Second Indochina War)
Golding had direct experience of fighting in the Second World War. The novel was published during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and its allies and the United States and its allies
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