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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XXIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the allegorical character of the pill merchant represent?
(a) Wall street brokers.
(b) The physician and his team of nurses.
(c) The pharmaceutical industry.
(d) People who sell us things we don't need.

2. What is on the lamplighter's planet?
(a) A snake who provides light.
(b) A street lamp and a lamp lighter.
(c) A lion and his pride and a lamplighter.
(d) A businessman and his dog who lights lamps.

3. The morning after the plane crash, when the narrator wakes up, who is standing there?
(a) The little prince.
(b) An angel.
(c) A flock of sheep.
(d) His long lost cousin.

4. What does the prince's flower have a horror of?
(a) Drafts.
(b) Dishonesty.
(c) Growing old.
(d) Competition.

5. What is the little prince's plan to safeguard his planet from baobabs?
(a) To clone himself and colonize other planets across the galaxy.
(b) To lasso his planet and bring it closer to earth.
(c) To bring sheep to his planet, so they can eat young baobab bushes.
(d) To plant a great garden which would feed all his people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the flower which the little prince meets in the desert.

2. How many people were on the plane when it crashes?

3. Why does the pilot get so cross with the little prince in Chapter II?

4. How does the geographer define ephemeral?

5. According to the author, what time is it in the United States when the sun is setting over France?

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