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

2. There are five basic phases of Jude's plan in Chapter 29. What is Phase 1?

3. What does Madoc say the maker of the sword that he bestows on Jude called the sword?

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

5. What does Prince Dain tell Jude to put on her wounded hand in the kitchen in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Madoc gives to Jude before the Coronation in Chapter 19? What does this gift represent?

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

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

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

7. What does Jude learn about Prince Dain's past actions in Chapter 22?

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

9. What does Jude discover when she opens the golden acorn in Chapter 17?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Describe and discuss Jude's plot for the High Crown in the novel. How does Jude enact her plan? Who assists her? What is the outcome of Jude's plan as it comes to fruition?

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