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The Little Prince | Quiz

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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The Little Prince | Quiz

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1)

The prince's flower has a personality. She is ... (from Chapter VIII)

Extremely helpful and thoughtful.
Very worldly and intellectual.
Sweet and cheerful.
Vain and demanding.
2)

What does the little prince ask about the poison which the snake has within it? (from Chapter XXVI)

How many times will you have to bite me before your poison works?
You have good poison? You are sure it will not make me suffer long?
Is your poison powerful enough to make me fly?
Do you promise not to poison the pilot?
3)

How many asteroid planets does the little prince visit in total? (from Chapter X)

Six.
Fifty.
Two.
Too many to count.
4)

When the little prince leaves his planet, he says goodbye to the flower and goes to put her glass globe on. Why does she say she doesn't need the protection any more? (from Chapter IX)

Because the flower no longer wants to live and hopes something would soon eat her.
The flowers wants to make him feel guilty for leaving.
The flower is too vain to be covered up.
Because the flower wants to become acquainted with the butterflies.
5)

How long is the little prince willing to applaud the conceited man? (from Chapter XI)

Forty four claps.
The little prince refuses to applaud him at all.
Five minutes.
The rest of his lifetime.
6)

What is on the lamplighter's planet? (from Chapter XIV)

A lion and his pride and a lamplighter.
A street lamp and a lamp lighter.
A businessman and his dog who lights lamps.
A snake who provides light.
7)

Where must the snake bite the little prince? (from Chapter XXVI)

At the well.
In the rose garden.
In the new plane.
The exact spot where the little prince arrived on the earth.
8)

What does the pilot regret most about his drawing of the sheep's muzzle? (from Chapter XXVII)

The drawing was very childlike and probably useless.
He drew it on thin paper, which may have disintegrated on the little prince's journey home.
He forgot to add the leather strap to it. It can never be fastened on the sheep.
The pilot wishs he had drawn two muzzles in case one broke.
9)

How many times in the 54 years the businessman has inhabited his planet has he been disturbed? (from Chapter XIII)

Constantly. That's why he can never finish counting.
Never.
He can't remember. He pays no attention to such things.
Three. The little prince is the third disturbance.
10)

What does the king of the first asteroid planet the prince visits call the prince? (from Chapter X)

An annoying lawyer.
An interruption.
His subject.
His son.
11)

What do the flowers in the rose garden remind him of? (from Chapter XX)

They remind him that he is afraid of thorns.
They remind him that all flowers are silly and to be avoided.
They remind him of his mother and how much she loved roses.
They all look like his flower.
12)

Why does the geographer think someone who drinks too much is not a reliable source? (from Chapter XV)

Because he would see double and report two mountains where there was only one.
Because he would spend all his times in bars and none making maps and observations.
Because he would forget to come back and give a report to the geographer.
Because he would get lost too often.
13)

What does the conceited man ask the little prince to do? (from Chapter XI)

Do cartwheels.
Clap his hands.
Make supper.
Count the stars.
14)

Is the little prince interested in buying the pills? (from Chapter XXIII)

No. He would rather use the time to walk towards a spring of fresh water.
Yes. He thinks his flower will enjoy not having to be watered.
Yes. He thinks they will be a good investment and produce income.
Yes. He is taking them with him as he goes back to the desert.
15)

Why is the flower not afraid of large animals? (from Chapter IX)

She doesn't think there are any large animals on the planet.
She has the power of speech and will talk them out of harming her.
She is overconfident and not very realistic about life.
She believes her claws, her thorns, will protect her.
16)

From his perch on the mountain, what does the little prince think of the world? (from Chapter XIX)

That it is all together dry, pointed, harsh, and forbidding.
That it is dangerous and dark.
That is it a magnificent and noble place.
That is is quite exciting and glorious.
17)

The imagery of water is used in "The Little Prince" to represent the life-giving force, whether it is physical or spiritual. What then does this thirst-quenching pill represent? (from Chapter XXIII)

The way we falsely feed our thirst with things that do not give us life.
The power of science.
Progress in problem solving.
The great advances of technology.
18)

What does the first creature the prince meets on earth say he is more powerful than? (from Chapter XVII)

The truth.
The thundering elephant.
The finger of a king.
The shining sun.
19)

What sound does the well in the desert make? (from Chapter XXV)

It sings, like the song of the lark at break of day.
It moans, like an old weathervane which the wind has long since forgotten.
It creaks, like the hinge of a door that has never been oiled.
It cries, like a child who is afraid.
20)

How many years have gone by before the pilot tells his story? (from Chapter XXVII)

A decade.
Six years.
A lifetime, fifty years.
One year.
21)

What does the little prince tell the businessman that he owns? (from Chapter XIII)

Time.
A thousand planets.
A knowledge of the stars.
A flower and three volcanoes.
22)

How many flowers does the little prince meet in the desert? (from Chapter XVIII)

Only one.
About 15. They are all fighting over water.
On the baobab tree there were three lovely flowers.
Hundreds. A vast garden of roses and lilacs.
23)

How would the geographer be best described? (from Chapter XV)

An intelligent man who knows how to write books.
A brave man who has battled his way through jungles and deserts.
A scholar who knows the location of all the seas, rivers, towns, mountains, and deserts.
A man who has explored the whole galaxy.
24)

On the little prince's planet, who would speak first, himself or his flower? (from Chapter XIX)

They both talk at once, they are so excited about everything.
He has to start every conversation.
His flower is always the first to speak.
His flower does not speak.
25)

When he begins having problems with his flower, the prince makes a very big decision. What is it? (from Chapter IX)

To leave his planet.
To dig a well.
To build a small home.
To learn to fly a plane.
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