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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 discussing Prince Cardan with Jude in Chapter 14, Taryn tells her that Carden is flint and Jude is what?

2. Whose handwriting is noted on the slip of paper that Jude finds from the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland book?

3. What does Vivi enchant to use as money in the mortal world?

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

5. What does Jude encounter on her way to the palace, regarding it as a good omen, in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What exchange do Prince Dain and Jude make in Chapter 10?

3. How does Jude perceive Oriana?

4. What mission does Jude set out to accomplish for Prince Dain in Chapter 12? Where does she go?

5. What is at the heart of the three stories that Jude relates in Chapter 6? Why does she say she does not like these stories?

6. What literary allusion appears in Chapter 12? What is its significance?

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

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

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

10. How does Madoc respond when Jude is brought home by Locke in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Outline and analyze the plot structure of The Cruel Prince. Where in the novel does exposition transition into rising action? Where does the climax take place? What information does the reader learn in the falling action and denouement of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of foreshadowing and red herrings in The Cruel Prince. Give one example of each and discuss the following: What is the clue foretelling? Is the clue correct or misleading? Why does the author insert this clue in the text?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of the tournament for Jude in the novel. Why does Jude want to participate in the tournament so badly? What stands in her way? How does Jude overcome these obstacles?

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