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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. Oriana tells Jude in Chapter 18, "If the Court isn't busy drinking poison, then it's busy drinking" what (205)?

2. Who is Prince Dain's mother?

3. Who crowns Prince Cardan in Chapter 30?

4. What does Cardan offer Jude in the end of the Epilogue?

5. What supposedly killed Locke's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oriana reveal about her past to Jude in Chapter 18? Why?

2. What does Prince Balekin do during the coronation ceremony in Chapter 20?

3. What does Madoc gives to Jude before the Coronation in Chapter 19? What does this gift represent?

4. How do Dain's spies regard Jude when they encounter her in Chapter 22?

5. What is foreshadowed in the conversation between Locke and Jude at the Coronation Ball?

6. Why and how has Prince Cardan's role in the novel changed in Book Two, Chapter 21?

7. Who is Sophie and why does Jude try to rescue her?

8. Why is Prince Dain angry with Jude in Chapter 18? How does she respond?

9. Where is Jude in the beginning of the Epilogue? Why?

10. What is the significance of the message carried by the messenger in Chapter 19?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Compare and contrast the settings of the mortal world and the world of Faerie. How are they similar? How are they different? Which world does Jude prefer? Why?

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