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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. On the lamplighter's planet, how many strides does it take to circle the planet?
2. What moves the pilot so much about the little prince whom he carries in his arms across the dark desert?
3. What does the flower in the desert know of men?
4. How many flowers does the little prince meet in the desert?
5. What does the lamplighter love to do most, which he is never able to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. For the geographer, what is of consequence?
2. After visiting the six asteroids, the little prince has learned many things. In his last visit he seems to have regret that he has left his ephemeral flower all alone. Why doesn't he return? Why does he continue his journey?
3. What is surprising about the well?
4. The little prince does not have the kind of thirst which the pilot has; what kind of thirst does the little prince have?
5. What gives the desert its ridges of sand shining in the moonlight - its beauty?
6. How is the shift of perception, the growth and movement of the protagonist, set in to motion in the chapter where the little prince discovers the rose garden?
7. How does the shift of perception come to completion in the relationship between the fox and the little prince?
8. What is the difference between the adult and child, the pilot and little prince, in terms of their reaction to the golden snake?
9. How is the flower in the desert like the flower back on the little prince's planet?
10. Why is the little prince overcome with sadness as he stands in the entrance to the grand rose garden?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In The Little Prince none of the characters are given regular names. They are all identified by a title. This is a very common practice in fables. Why is a fable about types of characters and not specific individuals?
Essay Topic 2
The fox says, "It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important." What does the fox mean by this? Is this an important statement in the book? Write an essay which supports the idea that this line is a central message of the book.
Essay Topic 3
This book is considered to be a fable. A fable is a story with a moral, a message in it. What is one of the major messages/morals of this book?
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