Q 01/05

In which year was The Little Prince first published?

A) 1947

B) 1951

C) 1955

D) 1943

Answer · why

D) 1943

It came out in New York in both English and French; France did not get its own edition until after the Liberation, because Vichy had banned the author...

Q 02/05

In which country was the book first published?

A) Switzerland

B) Argentina

C) United States

D) Portugal

Answer · why

C) United States

The author was living in exile in New York at the time, trying to persuade America to enter the war against Nazi Germany.

Q 03/05

What did grown-ups think the narrator's first childhood drawing depicted?

A) A mountain

B) A loaf of bread

C) A hat

D) A sleeping cat

Answer · why

C) A hat

It was really a boa constrictor digesting an elephant; his second drawing showed the inside to prove it, and he was told to take up something practica...

Q 04/05

Where does the narrator's plane crash?

A) The Sahara desert

B) The Andes

C) The Australian outback

D) The Gobi desert

Answer · why

A) The Sahara desert

The author really did crash there in 1935 while chasing an air-race speed record, and nearly died of thirst before help arrived.

Q 05/05

What animal does the little prince ask the narrator to draw?

A) A horse

B) A sheep

C) A fox

D) A dog

Answer · why

B) A sheep

After three rejected attempts the narrator draws a crate and says the animal is inside, which delights the prince.