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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 does Sophie fill her pockets with in Chapter 17?

2. Jude states in Chapter 22, "Faerie might be beautiful, but its beauty is like" what (267)?

3. Queen Annet comes of the southmost Unseelie Court called what?

4. Who is the Court Poet that is to begin the ceremony at the Coronation in Chapter 20?

5. Who was the maker of the sword that Madoc gifts to Jude in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Jude attempts to rescue Sophie in Chapter 17?

2. Who is crowned in Chapter 30? How?

3. What happens to the messenger that comes to Prince Dain's house while Jude and the Ghost watch in Chapter 19? Why?

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

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

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

7. What does Jude convince Vivi to do in Chapter 28?

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

9. What does Jude realize about Oak in Chapter 24?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the character of Prince Balekin in The Cruel Prince. What are Balekin's motivations? What are his actions in the story? What role does Prince Balekin play in the novel's plot?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and analyze the character of Madoc in The Cruel Prince. What role does Madoc play in the plot of the story? What are his relationships like with his daughters? What are Madoc's motivations?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Locke in The Cruel Prince. What do Locke's actions say about his motivations? What aspects of Locke's character make him fit in with the other faeries? How does he stand apart from them?

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