
Lord of The Flies and Government
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- Q1A polis is?A European city-stateA Greek city-stateA stateA country30s
- Q2Democracy is _____.a form of government where elites rule over the lower classesa form of government where a dictator controls the governmenta form of government where a religious group controls the governmenta form of government where people rule over themselves either directly or through an elected representative30s
- Q3In a direct democracy _____.appointed representatives vote on issues effecting their governmenta dictator votes on issues effecting governmentpeople vote personally on issues effecting their governmentelected representatives vote on issues effecting their government30s
- Q4In a representative democracy, the voters _____.have representatives appointeddo not select their representativesonly vote directly on the creation of lawselect representatives who create laws on their behalf30s
- Q5This system of government allows the voters to elect legislative representatives and those legislative representatives in turn elect a head of state for the executive branch.Parliamentary DemocracyAnarchyMonarchyDirect Democracy30s
- Q6What was William Golding's profession prior to writing Lord of the Flies?A scientistA struggling artistA school teacherHe was already a famous author30s
- Q7What experiences helped William Golding write Lord of the Flies?His experiences teaching good and bad studentsHis personal experiences with the everyday cruelty of mankindHis experiences fighting in the Royal NavyHis experiences trying to become an author30s
- Q8How was Lord of the Flies first received?It wasn't until after William Golding's death that it became known as a great bookIt was immediately recognized as a great book by the first publisher he took it toIt was difficult to publish but after publishing was immediately seen as one of the great worksIt was difficult to publish and was first seen as simply an adventure story30s
- Q9What awards did William Golding receive for his writing?Only the Nobel Prize in LiteratureOrange prize for fictionPulitzer Prize for fictionThe Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize30s
- Q10What genre of writing did William Golding write?Mostly novels but some poems, plays, and essaysMostly nonfictionHe only wrote the novel Lord of the FliesMostly poems, but he became popular for his novels30s
- Q11What events led William Golding, the author of Lord of the Flies, to question the true nature of the human heart?A painful childhoodThe Civil Rights MovementThe Cold WarThe atrocities of WWII30s
- Q12In the novel, Lord of the Flies, which boy does the Lord of the Flies (or severed sow's head) speak to?PiggySimonJackMaurice30s
- Q13William Golding wrote Lord of the Flies as what kind of tale:alliterationallegoricalanalogicalnone of these choices are correct30s
- Q14In the novel, Lord of the Flies, which boy leads the hunt that kills the sow?PiggyRalphJackSimon30s
- Q15In William Golding's classic novel, Lord of the Flies, what is the direct Hebrew translation of the title?BeelzebubNone of these are correctseñor de las moscasGabriel30s