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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 do the flowers in the rose garden remind him of?
2. At what time of day does the pilot find the well?
3. What does the first creature the prince meets on earth say he is more powerful than?
4. If all humanity were to stand upright and crowd together how much space would they take up, according to Chapter XVII?
5. The little prince walks through sand, rock, and snow and at last comes to a road. Where does the road lead him?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the difference between the adult and child, the pilot and little prince, in terms of their reaction to the golden snake?
2. One of the major themes of the book is child vs. adult. What in the description of the earth sets the stage for this tension?
3. For the geographer, what is of consequence?
4. As the little prince faces his appointment with the snake, what is he feeling?
5. After visiting the six asteroids, the little prince has learned many things. In his last visit he seems to have regret that he has left his ephemeral flower all alone. Why doesn't he return? Why does he continue his journey?
6. There are a great deal of numbers in this relatively short book. Why?
7. How is the shift of perception, the growth and movement of the protagonist, set in to motion in the chapter where the little prince discovers the rose garden?
8. Why does the little prince find the lamplighter less ridiculous than the other solo inhabitants?
9. What is the little prince's mountaintop experience like and how does it change him?
10. Why is the little prince overcome with sadness as he stands in the entrance to the grand rose garden?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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 little prince leaves his world. Why does he do this? What is the reason that he decides to leave the place where he belongs? He loves the flower, why does he abandon her? Write an essay on why the little prince must embark upon a journey.
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