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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. The little prince is not impressed with what the businessman owns. What reason does he give for his disdain?
2. What does the little prince love to watch?
3. What does the prince's flower have a horror of?
4. What time of day does the prince's beautiful flower first bloom?
5. When the plane crashes in Chapter II, how many people are in it?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the meaning of the title The Little Prince?
2. What does the pilot offer to give the little prince for his sheep? Why does the little prince reject his offer?
3. Is the tippler different than the other types? The others are all behaving a certain way but the tippler is escaping from himself by drinking. Why is he included?
4. The author uses light throughout the book to evoke an emotional tone. What does the sunset evoke?
5. Again, readers see the use of light by the author in setting the tone of Chapter VII. When the little prince is choked by sobbing, what is happening to the light?
6. This book was written in French. What are some of the challenge of translating a book from one language into the next?
7. What does the little prince learn from the conceited man?
8. Why are the chapters of this book so short?
9. Why is the drawing of the baobab so detailed?
10. The asteroid that the little prince lives on was seen by whom?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
The fox says, "it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye." Write an essay on the meaning of this line and how the story illustrates this philosophy.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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