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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. Why is the fox so interested in the little prince's planet?
2. Night falls and the pilot and little prince are walking in the dark. What do they think of the desert in the moonlight?
3. When the little prince arrives on the earth, why doesn't he see any people?
4. What does the little prince decide that they should look for to quench their thirst in Chapter XXIV?
5. In the rose garden, when the little prince realizes the truth of his life and of the things he loves, what does he do?
Short Essay Questions
1. The image of a fox is absolutely classic in fable and myth. What does the fox represent?
2. How is the flower in the desert like the flower back on the little prince's planet?
3. What does the geographer represent?
4. What gives the desert its ridges of sand shining in the moonlight - its beauty?
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 flower with only three petals, who lives in the midst of a vast desert, believes that there are only six or seven men in the world. What does she represent in the story?
7. Why does the little prince find the lamplighter less ridiculous than the other solo inhabitants?
8. One of the major themes of the book is child vs. adult. What in the description of the earth sets the stage for this tension?
9. The switchman is a person whose actions do have consequences. In that way he is different from the other adult archetypes. How is he similar?
10. There are a great deal of numbers in this relatively short book. Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Some would call The Little Prince a child's book and others would say it is for adults. Develop an argument for both ways.
Why is it a children's book? What is the author trying to say to children?
Why is it an adult book? What is the author trying to say to adults?
Essay Topic 2
The fox and snake are common animals in fiction, and especially in fables.
1) What does each of these creatures represent?
2) How have foxes and humans interacted over the course of history that might have influenced the way we use their images in stories?
Essay Topic 3
The little prince leaves his world. Why does he do this? What is the reason that he decides to leave the place where he belongs? He loves the flower, why does he abandon her? Write an essay on why the little prince must embark upon a journey.
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