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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the old woman's recollection in Chapter 12, what did the young man do the next day (after making a promise to the captive princess)?
(a) He was arrested and sent to prison.
(b) He left with the girl but was captured.
(c) He caught the plague and died.
(d) He sold the girl as a slave.

2. Why are Candide and Pangloss arrested in Portugal?
(a) For throwing away bacon.
(b) For killing a Bulgarian.
(c) For spouting philosophy.
(d) For drowning Jacques.

3. What is the name of Candide's tutor?
(a) Pangloss.
(b) Cunégonde.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Westphalia.

4. In the old woman's story about her past, what did the soldiers of the Pope do when the ship was attacked?
(a) Stripped off their uniforms.
(b) Prayed.
(c) jumped overboard.
(d) threw the passengers overboard.

5. Why is Candide kicked out of the castle?
(a) His mother has arrived and is unwelcome.
(b) He is caught kissing Cunégonde..
(c) He is not succeeding at his studies.
(d) He is making advances on the maid.

6. To what lot was the old woman born?
(a) She was born a maid.
(b) She was born a slave.
(c) She was born a baroness.
(d) She was born a princess.

7. Where does Candide travel with Cunégonde, the old woman, and two servants?
(a) Buenos Aires.
(b) Sevilla.
(c) Lisbon.
(d) Cadiz.

8. Who offers Candide food, two coins, a place to stay, and a job in Chapter 3?
(a) A Lutheran named Martin.
(b) An Anabaptist, named James.
(c) A Rabbi named Isaac.
(d) A priest named Ignatius.

9. What does Candide give the beggar when he sees him on the street?
(a) A slap in the face.
(b) The two coins Jacques gave him.
(c) A piece of bread.
(d) A job.

10. Why did the old woman not marry the person to whom she was engaged?
(a) He rejected her.
(b) He died of syphilis.
(c) He was poisoned.
(d) He ran off with his mistress.

11. How much money does Jacques give Candide?
(a) Two florins.
(b) Twenty florins.
(c) 50 florins.
(d) 100 florins.

12. Where do Candide, Cunegonde, and the old woman land in Chapter 13?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Peru.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Buenos Aires.

13. On the ship leaving Cadiz in Chapter 10, where are Candide and company headed?
(a) England.
(b) Cuba.
(c) India.
(d) Buenos Aires.

14. Where does Candide take the beggar to feed him?
(a) The bar.
(b) Jacques's stable.
(c) The Bulgarians' house.
(d) His apartment.

15. What is the setting of the first chapter?
(a) The Castle of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh.
(b) The Castle of King Thunder-ten.
(c) The Village of Thuder-ten-trunk.
(d) The shack of Candide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Candide forced to do after the murder of Issachar is discovered?

2. What happens in Lima, Peru?

3. What does Cunegonde witness in the park in Chapter 1?

4. What had happened to a young man in Italy whom the old woman had met?

5. How many generations of nobility does Cunégonde count in her family?

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