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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. For how long does Jude say she has been in Faerie in Chapter 2?

2. What does Jude encounter on her way to the palace, regarding it as a good omen, in Chapter 11?

3. What do the faeries drink liquor from in Chapter 14?

4. When discussing Prince Cardan with Jude in Chapter 14, Taryn tells her that Carden is flint and Jude is what?

5. What is Orlagh queen of?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Madoc respond when Jude is brought home by Locke in Chapter 11?

2. What is significant about the piece of paper Jude finds in the book taken from Prince Cardan's room?

3. What is at the heart of the three stories that Jude relates in Chapter 6? Why does she say she does not like these stories?

4. How is the theme of deceit highlighted in Chapter 10?

5. How are the humans that Jude encounters in Chapter 12 described?

6. Who are Prince Dain's spies and how are they described upon introduction?

7. What mission does Jude set out to accomplish for Prince Dain in Chapter 12? Where does she go?

8. What does Jude observe that lends light to the relationship between Prince Cardan and Prince Balekin in Chapter 12?

9. How is Prince Cardan's character introduced in Chapter 3? What does the reader learn about Cardan?

10. What different types of conflict take place in Chapter 7? Explain each.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Taryn's role in the plot of The Cruel Prince. What is a character foil and how does this term apply to Taryn? What are Taryn's familial relationships like? With whom does she become betrothed?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of irony in The Cruel Prince. Give one example of each: dramatic irony, verbal irony, and situational irony. What purpose does each example serve? How does this example affect the reader?

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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