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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. When the pilot sees the snake in Chapter XXVI, what does he do?
2. What does the little prince hope to see from the high peak in Chapter XIX?
3. What does the lamplighter love to do most, which he is never able to do?
4. How many men does the flower think there are on earth?
5. How many days have the pilot and little prince been together when the pilot drinks the last of his water supply?
Short Essay Questions
1. What gives the desert its ridges of sand shining in the moonlight - its beauty?
2. The image of a fox is absolutely classic in fable and myth. What does the fox represent?
3. What does the geographer represent?
4. How is the flower in the desert like the flower back on the little prince's planet?
5. When the end is near, the pilot has no more water to drink and the little prince has found what he was looking for, a remarkable thing happens. What is different about the search for the well? What happens on this stage of the journey that is new?
6. As the little prince faces his appointment with the snake, what is he feeling?
7. What is the difference between the adult and child, the pilot and little prince, in terms of their reaction to the golden snake?
8. When the little prince arrives on earth he immediately meets the snake. The conversation with the snake foreshadows the end of the book. Explain the use of foreshadowing. What tension does the snake's presence create?
9. 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?
10. What is the lamplighter representative of?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Some would call The Little Prince a child's book and others would say it is for adults. Develop an argument for both ways.
Why is it a children's book? What is the author trying to say to children?
Why is it an adult book? What is the author trying to say to adults?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Responsibility is a major theme in the book. The author is making a distinction, however, between responsibilities that are real, caring for something that you love and that needs you, example: the little prince and his rose, to responsibilities which are egocentric and absurd, caring for something which is completely unconnected to you and does not need you, example: the businessman and his stars.
Write a short essay using these examples, or choose examples of your own, contrasting the two types of responsibilities and how they differ.
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