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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. There would be two lamplighters who would be able to rest for most of the year. Where do they live?
2. What is the selling point which the pill merchant offers the little prince?
3. What is unique about the fifth planet, the lamplighter's planet?
4. Why does the flower in the desert think men are hard to find?
5. What sound does the well in the desert make?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the flower in the desert like the flower back on the little prince's planet?
2. What gives the desert its ridges of sand shining in the moonlight - its beauty?
3. What is surprising about the well?
4. What does the geographer represent?
5. After visiting the six asteroids, the little prince has learned many things. In his last visit he seems to have regret that he has left his ephemeral flower all alone. Why doesn't he return? Why does he continue his journey?
6. The image of a fox is absolutely classic in fable and myth. What does the fox represent?
7. How is the shift of perception, the growth and movement of the protagonist, set in to motion in the chapter where the little prince discovers the rose garden?
8. What is the lamplighter representative of?
9. Water is used as a metaphor for life giving wisdom. What then is the critique that the author is making about modern day society in the story about the merchant who sells thirst-quenching pills?
10. What is the difference between the adult and child, the pilot and little prince, in terms of their reaction to the golden snake?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the book's dedication the author, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, dedicates the book to his friend Leon Werth. Then the author changes the dedication slightly. How does he change the dedication and how does that change tie in with the theme of the book?
Essay Topic 2
Who is the protagonist in the story? Write an essay on how the protagonist changes as the story progresses. Specify several shifts of perception which this character goes through.
Essay Topic 3
The fox says, "It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important." What does the fox mean by this? Is this an important statement in the book? Write an essay which supports the idea that this line is a central message of the book.
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