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

2. Who comes to fetch Jude for training in Chapter 15?

3. What kind of creature is Noggle?

4. What is Orlagh queen of?

5. What does Jade find in the pocket of Locke's mother's dress in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about the piece of paper Jude finds in the book taken from Prince Cardan's room?

2. 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?

3. How is Jude's character established in Chapter 2? What information does the reader learn about Jude?

4. What do Prince Cardan and his friends do when they encounter Jude and Taryn eating lunch in Chapter 4?

5. How are Jude and Taryn similar? How are they different?

6. How is Prince Cardan treated and regarded by his peers and the teachers at the school?

7. What is revealed of the letter that Jude brings to Prince Dain in Chapter 13?

8. What happened when Jude was ten and she and her sisters ran away?

9. Describe the narrative style of the Prologue to The Cruel Prince. From what perspective is this part of the story related? Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Taryn's role in the plot of The Cruel Prince. What is a character foil and how does this term apply to Taryn? What are Taryn's familial relationships like? With whom does she become betrothed?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the narrative style in The Cruel Prince. From what point of view is the story related? Is the narrative in the present, future, or past tense? What is the significance of each of these choices by the author?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of magic in The Cruel Prince. What does magic represent in this novel? How is magic associated with power in the land of Faerie? Who holds the powers of magic?

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