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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. Where does the geographer advise the little prince to visit next?
2. Which does the narrator say there are more of on earth, geographers or conceited men?
3. In the rose garden, the little prince has to face a difficult fact about himself. What is it?
4. On his own planet, what does the little prince use the extinct volcano for?
5. How many thirst-quenching pills would one need in order to feel full of liquid, according to Chapter XXIII?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why does the little prince find the lamplighter less ridiculous than the other solo inhabitants?
3. As the little prince faces his appointment with the snake, what is he feeling?
4. What is the difference between the adult and child, the pilot and little prince, in terms of their reaction to the golden snake?
5. What is surprising about the well?
6. For the geographer, what is of consequence?
7. 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?
8. The little prince does not have the kind of thirst which the pilot has; what kind of thirst does the little prince have?
9. There are a great deal of numbers in this relatively short book. Why?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The fox and snake are common animals in fiction, and especially in fables.
1) What does each of these creatures represent?
2) How have foxes and humans interacted over the course of history that might have influenced the way we use their images in stories?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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