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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. Why does the geographer refuse to record the little prince's flower?
2. According to the switchman, what are the adults in the trains pursuing?
3. When the little prince is up on the high peak in Chapter XIX, who does he speak with?
4. Who is dying of thirst in the desert?
5. Who hoists the bucket up from the bottom of the well to the surface?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the little prince find the lamplighter less ridiculous than the other solo inhabitants?
2. What is the difference between the adult and child, the pilot and little prince, in terms of their reaction to the golden snake?
3. What does the little prince face on earth?
4. For the geographer, what is of consequence?
5. The little prince has learned that what is essential is invisible. How does he apply this to the mad scene of trains rushing this way and that?
6. 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?
7. The little prince does not have the kind of thirst which the pilot has; what kind of thirst does the little prince have?
8. What is the little prince's mountaintop experience like and how does it change him?
9. The image of a fox is absolutely classic in fable and myth. What does the fox represent?
10. The switchman is a person whose actions do have consequences. In that way he is different from the other adult archetypes. How is he similar?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Light is a strong visual image in The Little Prince. Name some of the different forms in which light appears in the book. Write a short essay on the use of light in The Little Prince.
Essay Topic 2
Find one example of foreshadowing in the book.
1) Examine the example and show clearly what it is hinting at for the future.
2) Write a paragraph on how foreshadowing affects a reader. What is it about "hints" that keep a reader engaged?
Essay Topic 3
Responsibility is a major theme in the book. The author is making a distinction, however, between responsibilities that are real, caring for something that you love and that needs you, example: the little prince and his rose, to responsibilities which are egocentric and absurd, caring for something which is completely unconnected to you and does not need you, example: the businessman and his stars.
Write a short essay using these examples, or choose examples of your own, contrasting the two types of responsibilities and how they differ.
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