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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Candide beaten by the Bulgarians?
(a) So he can learn to be a soldier.
(b) So he won't divulge their secrets.
(c) So he will learn the Bulgarian dances.
(d) So he won't run away again.

2. What condition does Cunégonde place on sharing the story of the Bulgarian attack with Candide?
(a) She says he must pay her.
(b) She says he must kiss her.
(c) She says he must marry her.
(d) She says he must tell her his story first.

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

4. How does Candide kill Mr. Issachar?
(a) With his hands.
(b) With a sword.
(c) With a knife.
(d) With a gun.

5. Candide meets two men in the town of Waldberghofftrarbk-dikdorff. To whom do they drink?
(a) The King of Bulgaria.
(b) Their wives and children.
(c) Cunégonde.
(d) Candide.

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

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

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

9. Who survives the shipwreck?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) The sailor.
(c) Candide.
(d) Pangloss.

10. What happens in Lima, Peru?
(a) There is a revolution.
(b) Cunégonde has been found there.
(c) There is a fire.
(d) There has been an earthquake there.

11. What has the old lady set out for Candide?
(a) Drink.
(b) Ointment.
(c) Food.
(d) All answers are correct.

12. Where is the fleet of ships that Candide, Cunégonde and the old woman join headed?
(a) Africa.
(b) England.
(c) Paraguay.
(d) Japan.

13. What is the fate of the Franciscan who had stolen Cunégonde's money and jewels?
(a) He is hanged.
(b) He is burned.
(c) He is now the Governor of Buenos Aires.
(d) He is in jail.

14. What happens when Candide discovers that Cunegonde is the young girl under the veil?
(a) Cunegonde faints.
(b) Candide faints.
(c) They both faint.
(d) The old woman faints.

15. What is Candide wearing when he and Cacambo escape after Candide kills Cunégonde's brother?
(a) His normal clothes.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A necklace from Cunégonde.
(d) The Commandant's robe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Candide tell the Commandant?

2. What happens in Lisbon after the shipwreck?

3. What is the solution which is developed to prevent further earthquakes?

4. What town do Candide, Cunégonde, and the old woman reach before anyone realizes Mr. Issachar and the Grand Inquisitor are dead?

5. How does Cunegonde's brother react to Candide's plan to marry Cunegonde?

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