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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. Why does the little prince think he can watch a sunset anytime?
2. Who is the scholar that discovers the little prince's planet?
3. What is the little prince feeling much of the time?
4. What does the discoverer of the little prince's planet do in order to be taken seriously?
5. What is a Baobab?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the narrator keep showing his drawing to adults throughout his life?
2. 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?
3. Why does the author of The Little Prince begin this book with a drawing?
4. What does the little prince's flower represent in this fable?
5. What is the symbolism of the little prince not pulling out the newly sprouted seed which he does not recognize?
6. The narrator of the book is introduced in Chapter 1. He is not an anonymous narrator but a character in the story. What does the first chapter reveal about him?
7. 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?
8. Why is the drawing of the baobab so detailed?
9. The asteroid that the little prince lives on was seen by whom?
10. Why is the little prince bored on the planet of the king?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
No one in the story seems to have any human companions. The characters live alone and are defined by the objects that surround them. (For example, the pilot is defined by his plane. The switchman by his trains.) What atmosphere does this create and how does the story of the pilot and the little prince fit in this solitary world?
Essay Topic 2
The author of The Little Princ" both wrote the words and illustrated the book. His illustrations are very childlike.
1) Why is this important? Why didn't he get someone to illustrate the book with color photographs, charts and maps?
2) What effect do these simple drawings have on the reader?
Essay Topic 3
The adults in the book want solid things. The geographer calls them "eternal things." Children are portrayed as being drawn to "ephemeral things" which the geographer defines as "in danger of speedy disappearance." One of the things the little prince must learn is how to love something that will someday be gone. Discuss some places in the book where the little prince suddenly understands more about loving something that is in danger of disappearing.
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