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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 flowers is Oak picking when Jude observes him as she leaves Oriana's chamber in Chapter 24?

2. Who is the pixie that is eating with Roiban in Chapter 27?

3. Who is the exiled Alderking's son that Jude observes at the Coronation in Chapter 20?

4. What are the six words scrawled on the message that the Ghost takes from the spy's body in Chapter 19 (218)?

5. Who crowns Prince Cardan in Chapter 30?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Prince Cardan's ring represent symbolically?

2. What conflict occurs between Jude and Valerian in Chapter 18?

3. What conflict takes place between Jude and Madoc in Chapter 29?

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

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

6. Why does Jude challenge Taryn to a duel in Chapter 23? What happens?

7. What plan does Vivi propose to Jude in Chapter 23? How does Jude respond?

8. Why does Jude go to the other faerie camps in Chapter 26?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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