Candide Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Candide Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does the Baron attain in the Jesuit military?
(a) General.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Captain.
(d) Colonel.

2. 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 sold the girl as a slave.
(d) He caught the plague and died.

3. Who does the old woman suspect is the thief?
(a) The innkeeper.
(b) A Franciscan priest.
(c) Candide.
(d) A soldier.

4. To whom did the old woman tell her story of captivity by the pirates?
(a) A young man who once sang at her castle.
(b) An old man who looked like her grandfather.
(c) A woman who said she could help her.
(d) A pirate who tried to protect her.

5. How is the Princess of Palestrina's betrothed killed?
(a) He is stabbed.
(b) He is drowned.
(c) He is burned in an auto-do-fé.
(d) He is poisoned.

6. What does Pangloss call the castle of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh?
(a) The best of all possible castles.
(b) The richest castle in the world.
(c) The only castle in Bulgaria.
(d) The castle of many mysteries.

7. How many horses does the old woman tell Candide and Cunégonde are in the stable?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

8. Where does Pangloss say his disease is making the most "progress"?
(a) Among the clergy.
(b) Among the French.
(c) In the armies.
(d) Among the Dutch.

9. Which two men share a house and Cunégonde, although she will not let either man touch her?
(a) Mr. Issachar and Candide.
(b) The Baron and the Grand Inquisitor.
(c) Mr. Issachar and the Grand Inquisitor.
(d) Candide and the Grand Inquisitor.

10. Who arrives on the ship that pulls into the harbor while Cunégonde and the governor are speaking?
(a) Cunégonde's brother.
(b) Cacambo.
(c) Candide's sister.
(d) The monk that stole Cunégonde's diamonds.

11. What does Candide's tutor teach the children?
(a) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
(b) There is no effect without a cause.
(c) The meek will inherit the earth.
(d) Love is patient.

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

13. What does Candide sell on the old woman's advice?
(a) A horse.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Pistols.
(d) A sword.

14. What is the solution which is developed to prevent further earthquakes?
(a) Building away from fault lines.
(b) The sacrifice of twenty virgins.
(c) The placement of secure structures where the earthquake struck.
(d) A ceremony in which people are burned to death.

15. What gives Candide a chance to escape the Bulgarians?
(a) A monk's habit he finds.
(b) A very dark night.
(c) A snow storm.
(d) The chaos of war.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times does Candide make it through the gauntlet?

2. What do the Janissaries eat when they are under attack?

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

4. Who is the court's banker?

5. Over what does Cunégonde shed tears?

(see the answer keys)

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