Lord of the Flies, Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair quiz

Questions and answers

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   Question 1. What materials does Jack use to create his face paint?

   • Correct answer: Clay and charcoal
   • Ash and blood
   • Crushed leaves and sand
   • Mud and berries

   Jack uses white and red clay along with charcoal to create his hunting camouflage, which becomes a mask that transforms his identity.

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   Question 2. Why does the signal fire go out in Chapter 4?

   • Ralph lets it die while he swims in the bathing pool
   • A sudden sea breeze scatters the embers across the rocks
   • Correct answer: Jack pulls the fire-watchers away to join his hunt
   • The watchers run out of wood to feed the flames

   Jack takes all his hunters, including the twins Sam and Eric who were on fire duty, to join the pig hunt, leaving the fire unattended.

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   Question 3. What happens when Jack is confronted about the dead signal fire?

   • He hurls his spear at Simon and cuts his forehead
   • He storms back down the mountain with his hunters
   • He knocks Ralph down and snatches the conch away
   • Correct answer: He slaps Piggy and breaks one lens of his glasses

   Rather than accepting blame, Jack lashes out at Piggy by hitting him and breaking one lens of his spectacles.

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   Question 4. Why does Roger aim to miss when throwing stones at Henry?

   • He sees that Henry is squatting too far away for a stone to reach
   • Correct answer: He is still restrained by the conditioned rules of civilization
   • He knows that Jack is watching him from beneath a nearby tree
   • He is afraid Ralph will punish him for hurting a littlun

   Golding describes Roger as held back by 'the taboo of the old life' — the lingering moral conditioning from the civilized world that has not yet fully eroded.

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   Question 5. Who gives Piggy his share of the roasted pig meat?

   • Sam
   • Jack
   • Ralph
   • Correct answer: Simon

   Simon quietly gives his own portion of meat to Piggy, demonstrating his innate kindness and moral character.

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   Question 6. What does Jack's face paint symbolize?

   • His growing wish to take Ralph's place as chief of the boys
   • Correct answer: The shedding of civilized identity and moral responsibility
   • A pride in artistic skill he brought with him from his school
   • A tribal custom he remembers reading about in adventure books

   The mask liberates Jack 'from shame and self-consciousness,' allowing him to embrace violent, savage impulses without guilt.

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   Question 7. What is the hunters' chant after their first successful kill?

   • 'Blood for meat. Meat for strength. Hunt!'
   • 'We are the hunters. We creep up. We kill.'
   • Correct answer: 'Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.'
   • 'Hunt the pig. Catch the pig. Eat the pig.'

   The hunters chant it as the twins carry the pig up the mountain; later in the chapter, reenacting the kill, they change the last line to 'Bash her in.'

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   Question 8. Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

   • Did a ship pass the island while the signal fire was burning in Chapter 4?

     Didn't happen

     The ship passed the island while the signal fire was OUT, not burning. The fire had gone dead because Jack pulled all the fire-tenders away for his hunt, so the ship had no smoke signal to see.

   • Did Roger directly hit Henry with the stones he threw?

     Didn't happen

     Roger deliberately aimed to miss, throwing stones in a circle around Henry. He was still restrained by the 'taboo of the old life.'

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   Question 9. In context, what does 'taboo' mean when Golding writes about 'the taboo of the old life'?

   • Correct answer: A social prohibition or restriction against certain behavior
   • A strong personal dislike or distaste for something
   • A formal punishment given for breaking a rule
   • A sacred object or charm believed to protect its owner

   'Taboo' refers to the ingrained social rules from civilization that still prevent Roger from directly harming Henry.

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    Question 10. What does 'malevolently' mean as used to describe how Piggy looks at Jack after his glasses are broken?

    • Correct answer: With a wish to do evil or cause harm
    • With fear or timid uncertainty
    • With deep sorrow or bitter disappointment
    • With good humor or playful teasing

    After Jack strikes him and breaks one side of his glasses, Piggy glares at Jack with open ill will, wishing him harm.

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    Question 11. What does 'chastisement' mean in the passage where Maurice helps kick over the littluns' sandcastles?

    • Purity, modesty, or self-restraint in conduct and desire
    • A chase or pursuit after someone who has run away
    • Praise or a reward given for especially good behavior
    • Correct answer: Punishment, often physical, given to correct wrongdoing

    In his old life Maurice had been punished for filling a younger child's eye with sand, so he still feels the unease of wrongdoing now.

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