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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. By what title is Princess Rhyia referred to in Chapter 9?

2. What color is Heather's hair?

3. How old was Vivi when she and her sisters were taken to Faerie?

4. How are Dain's legs described in Chapter 3?

5. Who is chasing Oak when he runs in as the women are choosing fabric in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the humans that Jude encounters in Chapter 12 described?

2. What does the tournament mean to Jude? Why?

3. How is the narrative related in the main body of the book? Why is this important?

4. How does Vivi differ from Jude and Taryn?

5. What is at the heart of the three stories that Jude relates in Chapter 6? Why does she say she does not like these stories?

6. How is Jude's character established in Chapter 2? What information does the reader learn about Jude?

7. Who are Prince Dain's spies and how are they described upon introduction?

8. What does Jude observe that lends light to the relationship between Prince Cardan and Prince Balekin in Chapter 12?

9. How is the theme of deceit highlighted in Chapter 10?

10. What does Madoc reveal to his children regarding the High King in Chapter 5? Why is this important information?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss Prince Dain and the Court of Shadows. Who are the spies that comprise the Court of Shadows? What is each spy's specialty? How does Jude come to know these characters?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of irony in The Cruel Prince. Give one example of each: dramatic irony, verbal irony, and situational irony. What purpose does each example serve? How does this example affect the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the settings of the mortal world and the world of Faerie. How are they similar? How are they different? Which world does Jude prefer? Why?

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