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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the topic of the sermon that Candide hears the man give?
(a) Charity.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Vengeance.
(d) Forgiveness.
2. Why is the man who discovers the Princess upset?
(a) Because he has lost all of his money.
(b) Because he is castrated.
(c) Because he is lost.
(d) Because his parents have just been killed.
3. What is the man's occupation?
(a) He was a publisher.
(b) He was a merchant.
(c) He was a musician.
(d) He was a shoemaker.
4. To whom does Candide give the two coins someone gave him in Chapter 3?
(a) A beggar.
(b) A fruit vender.
(c) A hungry child.
(d) A soldier with one leg.
5. Why does Candide ask to be shot in the head?
(a) He says it as a joke not believing they will do it.
(b) He saw someone hanged and does not want that.
(c) There are 2,000 men in the regiment to give 36 lashes each.
(d) There is no hope for him to escape the army.
6. When Cunégonde's brother's troops attack the village in which Cunégonde lives, what is his intention?
(a) To kill Cunégonde.
(b) To rob Cunégonde.
(c) To persuade Cunégonde to kill the governor.
(d) To capture Cunégonde.
7. How are Candide and Pangloss rewarded for helping rebuild Lisbon?
(a) With homes.
(b) With coins.
(c) With books.
(d) With meals.
8. When Cunegonde was taken prisoner by the captain, what did she become?
(a) His bed warmer.
(b) His teacher.
(c) His cook.
(d) His maid.
9. What was going on in Africa at the time of the enslavement of the princess in Chapter 12?
(a) Preparation to invade Spain.
(b) A civil war.
(c) A plague.
(d) The discovery of gold.
10. Which of the following weapons is not used by the Bulgarians during their battles?
(a) Hatchets.
(b) Muskets.
(c) Cannons.
(d) Bayonets.
11. Who is on the ship that has been spotted in the Buenos Aires harbor?
(a) The Grand Inquisitor.
(b) A magistrate and police officers.
(c) Candide's mother.
(d) The Pope.
12. Who does the beggar tell Candide he is?
(a) Pangloss.
(b) A Bulgarian.
(c) A prince.
(d) The Baron.
13. What reaction do Candide and Cunégonde have when they reunite?
(a) They embrace and kiss.
(b) Cunégonde faints and Candide catches her.
(c) They run away from each other.
(d) They both faint.
14. While working for the Boyar in Russia, what job does the Princess do?
(a) She is a gardener.
(b) She is a musician.
(c) She is the cook.
(d) She is the chambermaid.
15. Which of the following is not a reason the old woman tells Cunégonde she should stay with the governor?
(a) He will treat her well.
(b) He is rich.
(c) She is not guilty of murder.
(d) She is his equal.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the Governor order Candide to do in order to get rid of him?
2. Where does Candide take the beggar to feed him?
3. What did the Janizaries do to the old woman when she was young and had been captured by them?
4. What offer does Don Fernando make to Cunegonde?
5. How does Cunegonde's brother react to Candide's plan to marry Cunegonde?
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