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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. How far are the pilot and the little prince from civilization in Chapter II?

2. What name does a human scholar give little prince's planet?

3. Who says, "Where I live everything is very small"?

4. How many people live on the conceited man's planet?

5. What does the little prince ask the king of the first asteroid planet the prince visits to do for him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the chapters of this book so short?

2. The asteroid that the little prince lives on was seen by whom?

3. What does the little prince never let go of once it has been asked?

4. The little prince wants to help the tippler. Why is he unable to help?

5. Why is the little prince so fond of sunsets?

6. What is symbolic about the pilot making drawings in Chapter II?

7. In a fable everything is symbolic. What is the symbolism of the desert as the central place in the story?

8. What is the symbolism of the little prince not pulling out the newly sprouted seed which he does not recognize?

9. Why is the drawing of the baobab so detailed?

10. Why doesn't the little prince answer questions that the pilot asks?

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

Both the pilot and the little prince drink from the well but they are drinking to quench different thirsts. For the pilot, his life depends upon finding some drinking water. Without it he will die of thirst. What is the little prince seeking? What does he need from the well?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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