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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. What does the discoverer of the little prince's planet do in order to be taken seriously?
2. What does the tippler represent in the story?
3. What does the little prince tell the businessman that he owns?
4. How many people live on the conceited man's planet?
5. Why does the laughter of the little prince annoy the pilot so much?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is of great consequence to the businessman, and what is of great consequence to the little prince?
2. What does the airplane symbolize?
3. What does the pilot offer to give the little prince for his sheep? Why does the little prince reject his offer?
4. What does the little prince never let go of once it has been asked?
5. Why is the little prince bored on the planet of the king?
6. The author uses light throughout the book to evoke an emotional tone. What does the sunset evoke?
7. Why is the little prince so fond of sunsets?
8. What is the meaning of the title The Little Prince?
9. What does the little prince learn from the conceited man?
10. What does the little prince's flower represent in this fable?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Of all the planets that the little prince visits there is one where he finds a person he might like to be friends with. The lamplighter is different from the other adult types.
1) What sets the lamplighter apart from the other men?
2) What is it that the lamplighter and the little prince have in common?
Essay Topic 2
In the book's dedication the author, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, dedicates the book to his friend Leon Werth. Then the author changes the dedication slightly. How does he change the dedication and how does that change tie in with the theme of the book?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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