Returning to his planet requires allowing the poisonous snake to bite him. The little prince tells the narrator that he plans to return that night to his planet and flower and that now the stars will be meaningful to the narrator, because he will know that his friend is living on one of them. The two then traverse the desert in search of a well, which, miraculously, they find. The narrator and little prince have now spent eight days in the desert and have run out of water. A fox then tells him that if he tames the fox-that is, establishes ties with the fox-then they will be unique and a source of joy to each other. He comes across a rose garden, and he finds it very depressing to learn that his beloved rose is not, as she claimed, unique in the universe. On Earth the prince meets a snake, who says that he can return him to his home, and a flower, who tells him that people lack roots. The geographer recommends that the little prince visit Earth. He asks the prince to describe his home planet, but when the prince mentions the flower, the geographer says that flowers are not recorded because they are ephemeral. The geographer, however, knows nothing of his own planet, because it is his sole function to record what he learns from explorers. Finally the prince comes to a planet inhabited by a geographer. The prince then encounters a lamplighter, who follows orders that require him to light a lamp each evening and put it out each morning, even though his planet spins so fast that dusk and dawn both occur once every minute. The fourth planet introduces the prince to a businessman, who maintains that he owns the stars, which makes it very important that he know exactly how many stars there are. The prince subsequently meets a drunkard, who explains that he must drink to forget how ashamed he is of drinking. The sole inhabitant of the next planet is a conceited man who wants nothing from the prince but flattery.

The first is a king who requires obedience but has no subjects until the arrival of the prince. The prince travels to a series of asteroids, each featuring a grown-up who has been reduced to a function. Who wrote a novel about a world of Eastasia, Eurasia, and Oceania? From Moby-Dick to 2001: A Space Odyssey, journey into this quiz and test the highs and lows of your literary knowledge.

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