Name: _______________________________________________________________ Block: ____________ SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS Lord of the Flies, by William Golding Chapters 1 -? 2 1. Identify the following characters: Ralph?leadership skills and chosen by the boys to be the leader, uses the conch to call boys together in a meeting, intelligent. The novel?s protagonist, the twelve-year-old English boy who is elected leader of the group of boys marooned on the island. Ralph attempts to coordinate the boys? efforts to build a miniature civilization on the island until they can be rescued. Ralph represents human beings? civilizing instinct, as opposed to the savage instinct that Jack embodies (SPARK NOTES).