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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 first creature the prince meets on earth say he is more powerful than?
2. Who is dying of thirst in the desert?
3. If all humanity were to stand upright and crowd together how much space would they take up, according to Chapter XVII?
4. When the little prince watches the trains, he remembers something the fox said. What does he remember?
5. What is the final drawing which the little prince requests from the pilot?
Short Essay Questions
1. The little prince does not have the kind of thirst which the pilot has; what kind of thirst does the little prince have?
2. There are a great deal of numbers in this relatively short book. Why?
3. What gives the desert its ridges of sand shining in the moonlight - its beauty?
4. What does the geographer represent?
5. The switchman is a person whose actions do have consequences. In that way he is different from the other adult archetypes. How is he similar?
6. As the little prince faces his appointment with the snake, what is he feeling?
7. The image of a fox is absolutely classic in fable and myth. What does the fox represent?
8. What is the lamplighter representative of?
9. 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?
10. The flower with only three petals, who lives in the midst of a vast desert, believes that there are only six or seven men in the world. What does she represent in the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Find one example of foreshadowing in the book.
1) Examine the example and show clearly what it is hinting at for the future.
2) Write a paragraph on how foreshadowing affects a reader. What is it about "hints" that keep a reader engaged?
Essay Topic 2
This book is considered to be a fable. A fable is a story with a moral, a message in it. What is one of the major messages/morals of this book?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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