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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Captain, who is assigned to be Candide's assistant?
(a) Cacambo.
(b) T Bulgarian prisoner of war.
(c) Cunegonde's long lost brother.
(d) A Moroccan pirate.

2. Where are Candide, Cunegonde, and the old woman when the bodies of Issachar and the Grand Inquisitor are found?
(a) About two miles from the house.
(b) Saddling the horses.
(c) The town of Avecena.
(d) Far out to sea.

3. Who decides that the city needs an auto-da-fé?
(a) Candide.
(b) The sailor.
(c) The University of Coimbra.
(d) Pangloss.

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

5. What trade does Jacques teach Candide?
(a) Woodworking.
(b) Fabric making.
(c) Baking.
(d) Candle making.

6. What happens the morning after Candide's rescue?
(a) The old woman sells him as a galley slave.
(b) He runs away again, headed for Spain.
(c) The old woman returns and brings him breakfast and another ointment.
(d) Lisbon soldiers come looking for him.

7. How are Candide and Pangloss paid for helping restore the city in Chapter 5?
(a) A coin every day.
(b) A place to stay.
(c) With meals.
(d) A diamond each.

8. In Chapter 7, who rescues and takes care of Candide?
(a) Dr. Pangloss.
(b) An old woman.
(c) An old man.
(d) The Baron's son.

9. What was going on in Africa at the time of the enslavement of the princess in Chapter 12?
(a) A plague.
(b) The discovery of gold.
(c) Preparation to invade Spain.
(d) A civil war.

10. What did the Janizaries do to the old woman when she was young and had been captured by them?
(a) They cut off and ate one of her buttocks.
(b) They made her eat pig food.
(c) They beat her every day and made her carry water.
(d) They made her the camp prostitute.

11. How many generations of nobility does Cunégonde count in her family?
(a) 50.
(b) 72.
(c) 13.
(d) 100.

12. Why is the man who discovers the Princess upset?
(a) Because his parents have just been killed.
(b) Because he is castrated.
(c) Because he is lost.
(d) Because he has lost all of his money.

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

14. To whom does Candide give the two coins someone gave him in Chapter 3?
(a) A hungry child.
(b) A fruit vender.
(c) A soldier with one leg.
(d) A beggar.

15. What is the topic of the sermon that Candide hears the man give?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Vengeance.
(d) Charity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Candide's wounds to heal?

2. Which of the following weapons is not used by the Bulgarians during their battles?

3. Who is rumored to be the son of the Baron's sister and a gentleman from the village?

4. Where is the fleet of ships that Candide, Cunégonde and the old woman join headed?

5. To whom does the captain sell Cunégonde?

(see the answer keys)

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