SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - Lord of the Flies

SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - Lord of the Flies

Chapters 1 - 2

1. Identify:

Ralph / Piggy / Simon / Jack / Sam & Eric / Maurice / Roger / "The littluns"

2. How did the boys happen to come to the island?

3. What do the boys have that is the symbol of authority in the society they form?

4. What does the reader learn about Jack when he slashed the green candle buds?

5. Why does Jack hesitate when he lifts his knife to kill the piglet, and what does he promise will happen next time he meets a pig?

6. Who are the hunters, and what is their job?

7. What does a little 'un think he has seen in the forest?

8. How and why do the boys make fire?

9. Why does the boys' plan for rescue fail?

Chapters 3 - 4

1. Although Ralph criticizes the boys for their lack of cooperation, does he bear some of the responsibility for the failures of the group to achieve its goals? Why or why not?

2. How has Jack's personality developed during his stay on the island?

3. Ralph says of Simon, "He's queer. He's funny." What kind of a boy is Simon?

4. After Maurice and Roger destroy the littluns' sand castles, Roger stalks the young boynamed Henry. When he begins to throw stones, why does he just throw them near him instead of directly at him?

5. What causes the hunters, who had promised to keep the fire burning, to neglect it and allow it to go out?

6. Why does Jack paint his face?

Chapters 5 - 6

1. How does the author show us that Ralph is finally beginning to face the realities of their existence?

2. Compare Ralph's treatment of the littluns with Jack's.

3. What is Simon saying when he thinks the "beast" may be inside they boys themselves?

4. What do Sam and Eric tell the boys they have seen? What is it actually?

5. Why do Ralph and Jack decide to go find the beast?

Chapters 7 - 8

1. How does Ralph react when a boar comes charging down the path?

2. To what does Ralph's demonstration of his hunting prowess lead?

3. What did the boys see on the mountain top?

4. Why is the action of the story increasingly taking place in the near darkness or in the deep night when only the moon and stars give a little light?

5. How does Ralph's waning confidence in himself show in his words and actions?

6. Although he is not able to get the boys to vote Ralph out of office as chief, Jack manages to overthrow Ralph's authority anyway. How?

7. Jack suggests a way to keep the beast happy. What is it?

8. Describe Simon's strange encounter with the Lord of the Flies.

9. Who or what is the Lord of the Flies?

Chapters 9 - 11

1. What does Simon find when he finally reaches the Beast?

2. What happens to Simon when he returns to the group?

3. As a result of the storm with its high winds and high tides, what happens to the bodies of Simon and the parachutist?

4. What does Jack plan to steal from Ralph and Piggy?

5. What will Jack do if someone interferes with him?

6. What happens to the conch and to Piggy?

7. What are Jack's plans for Ralph?

8. What course of action does Ralph take?

Chapter 12

1. What is Ralph's reaction when he encounters the pig's skull?

2. Driven by fear and hunger, Ralph manages to make contact with Samneric who are standing guard at Castle Rock. Of what do they warn him?

3. In what ways does the tribe try to hunt down Ralph?

4. What or who saves Ralph in the end?

SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - Fahrenheit 451

Reading Assignment #1

1. Identify Guy Montag and describe his job.

2. Describe Clarisse McClellan.

3. What smelled like perfume to Montag?

4. Clarisse asked Montag if he was happy. Was he?

5. Who is Mildred, and what happened to her?

6. Why did EmergencyHospital send technicians instead of doctors to treat Mildred?

7. What are parlor-walls?

8. Describe the mechanical hound.

9. What did Montag believe had been done to the hound?

10. Why is Clarisse considered anti-social?

11. Who gave Clarisse most of her information about the way life used to be?

Reading Assignment #2

1. Who was Captain Beatty?

2. How did the firemen know which houses had books?

3. What lie did Captain Beatty tell Montag?

4. What did Montag do in the old lady's attic?

5. Why were the alarms to burn always at night?

6. Why did the old woman light the match and commit suicide?

7. What happened to Clarisse? Was it an accident?

8. What was Montag afraid Captain Beatty would discover when he came to visit?

9. Why did Captain Beatty believe books should be destroyed?

10. What did Montag show Mildred after the captain had left the house?

Reading Assignment 3

1. Who was Faber?

2. Why did Montag go to see Faber?

3. What three elements did Faber feel were missing from life?

4. What plan did Montag and Faber devise?

5. What was Montag willing to do to convince Faber to help carry out the plan?

6. What had Faber designed that allowed him to be in constant contact with Montag?

7. Why did Faber decide to go to St. Louis?

8. Why did Montag burn the book of poetry in the wall incinerator in his home?

9. Where did Montag hide his books after the ladies left?

10. What was the destination of the alarm on the night Montag returned to work at the firehouse?

Reading Assignment 4

1. Who was the informant on Montag's home?

2. Why did Montag kill Captain Beatty?

3. Why didn't Montag run away before he killed Captain Beatty?

4. Where did Montag go after he killed Beatty?

5. When Montag left Faber's house, which direction did he go?

6. Why did Montag take whiskey, a suitcase, and some of Faber's dirty clothes with him?

7. What did the railroad tracks mean to Montag?

8. What was different about the fire Montag saw after leaving the river?

9. During the manhunt for Montag by the hound, why did the camera identify an innocent man as Montag?

10. What was different about the hobos Montag Met? Why did each man identify himself as a famous author or piece of literature?

11. What had Montag been able to memorize?

12. What happened to the city during the war?

13. What did Montag and the intellectuals believe their mission to be once the war ended?

SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - Julius Caesar

Below is a list of the characters of the play. Because there are so many, use this page to jot down some notes to remind you of each character's role in the play.

Flavius -

Marcellus -

Julius Caesar -

Casca -

Calpurnia -

Mark Antony -

Soothsayer -

Brutus -

Cassius -

Cicero -

Cinna -

Cinna (the poet) -

Lucius -

Decius -

Metellus -

Trebonius -

Portia -

Ligarius -

Publius -

Artemidorus -

Papilius -

Octavius -

Lepidus -

Pindarus -

Lucilius -

Messala -

Varro -

Claudius -

Titinius -

Cato -

Clitus -

Dardanius -

Volumnius -

Strato -

SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - Julius Caesar

Act I

1. In Scene I, what do Flavius and Marcellus want the commoners to do?

2. What is the Soothsayer's advice to Caesar?

3. Explain the difference between the views of Caesar held by Cassius and Brutus.

4. Caesar clearly gives his thoughts about Cassius. What does he say?

5. Summarize Casca's explanation of why Caesar looked so sad.

6. At the end of Scene II in lines 312 - 326, Cassius makes plans. What plans does he make? Why?

7. Casca says, "For I believe they are portentous things/Unto the climate that they point upon." What does he mean?

8. Why does Cassius want Brutus to join the conspiracy?

Act II

1. To what decision does Brutus come in his orchard? Why?

2. What does Lucius give to Brutus in Scene I?

3. Why doesn't Brutus want to swear an oath with the conspirators?

4. For what reason does Metellus Cimber want Cicero to join the conspiracy?

5. Brutus is against including Cicero and against killing Mark Antony. Why?

6. Why did Brutus say, "Render me worthy of this noble wife!"?

7. Of what does Calpurnia try to convince Caesar?

8. Caesar yields to Calpurnia's wishes at first. Why does he change his mind and decide to go to the Senate meeting?

9. What does the note Artemidorus wants to give to Caesar say?

Act III

1. What is ironic about the timing of Caesar's murder (in relation to the preceding events)?

2. In the moments following Caesar's death, what do the conspirators proclaim to justify their deed?

3. Antony's servant brings a message to Brutus. What does he say?

4. Antony wants to speak at Caesar's funeral. What reaction does Brutus have? Cassius?

5. Under what conditions will Antony speak at the funeral?

6. What did Brutus say to the people at the funeral?

7. What did Antony say to the people at the funeral in his now famous "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" speech?

8. Why did Brutus and Cassius flee Rome?

9. What is the point of Act III Scene III?

Act IV

1. What did Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus gather to discuss?

2. To what does Antony compare Lepidus?

3. What problem has developed between Cassius and Brutus? How is it resolved?

4. What news did Messala bring Brutus?

5. For what reasons does Brutus want to lead his armies to Philippi?

6. What message did Caesar's ghost bring Brutus?

Act V

1. Why did Pindarus stab Cassius?

2. What causes Titinius to say, "The sun of Rome is set!"?

3. Who do the soldiers believe they have captured in Scene IV? Who is it really?

4. How does Brutus die?

5. Why did Antony say Brutus was the "noblest Roman of them all"?