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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 object has Oak stolen from Jude's room in Chapter 15?

2. What is described in Chapter 15 as "a pale fungus that blooms with beads of a red liquid that looks uncomfortably like blood" (149)?

3. Who glamoured Jude when she was 14?

4. Who is described as the cook at Madoc's home in Chapter 10?

5. Insweal is described as the Isle of what in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Madoc reveal to his children regarding the High King in Chapter 5? Why is this important information?

2. How does Jude's relationship with Locke progress in Chapter 16?

3. Why does Jude eat the faerie fruit in Chapter 11? What effect does it have?

4. What is mithridatism and why is it important in this novel?

5. What is one example of foreshadowing in Chapter 9 and what does it foretell?

6. How is Prince Cardan's character introduced in Chapter 3? What does the reader learn about Cardan?

7. What foreshadowing is seen in Noggle's lesson in Chapter 11?

8. What does the tournament mean to Jude? Why?

9. How does Vivi differ from Jude and Taryn?

10. What conflict occurs between Jude and Valerian in Chapter 16?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify and discuss three examples of imagery in the novel. How does the author employ similes and metaphors? What are they used to describe? How is onomatopoeia used and why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss three examples of symbolism in The Cruel Prince. What does each symbol represent? How does this symbol connect to the novel's themes? To what character(s) is the symbol related?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze Jude's role as the protagonist of the novel. How old is Jude? What are her primary motivations? What are her weaknesses? Is she a good protagonist? Why or why not?

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