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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. Where does the little prince find the fox?
2. Night falls and the pilot and little prince are walking in the dark. What do they think of the desert in the moonlight?
3. What is unique about the fifth planet, the lamplighter's planet?
4. Why does the pilot think he is dreaming when he finds the well?
5. Describe the flower which the little prince meets in the desert.
Short Essay Questions
1. The image of a fox is absolutely classic in fable and myth. What does the fox represent?
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 gives the desert its ridges of sand shining in the moonlight - its beauty?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. Why does the little prince find the lamplighter less ridiculous than the other solo inhabitants?
8. Why is the little prince overcome with sadness as he stands in the entrance to the grand rose garden?
9. How does the shift of perception come to completion in the relationship between the fox and the little prince?
10. What is the lamplighter representative of?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
A major theme of this book is friendship. The fox uses the term "tame" to describe being tied to another person or creature. What is the process of taming and how is this theme woven through the book?
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