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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the man who found the old woman and spoke her language first meet her?
(a) When she was eighteen.
(b) Under the orange tree.
(c) Before she was six.
(d) After her father died.

2. Why does Candide ask to be shot in the head?
(a) There are 2,000 men in the regiment to give 36 lashes each.
(b) He says it as a joke not believing they will do it.
(c) There is no hope for him to escape the army.
(d) He saw someone hanged and does not want that.

3. How does Candide find the sea as compared to his journey to Lisbon?
(a) More peaceful.
(b) Colder.
(c) Windier.
(d) Rougher.

4. What is being put together when the old woman, Candide, and Cunégonde arrive in Cadiz?
(a) A house.
(b) A castle.
(c) An army.
(d) A moat.

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

6. Who is the court's banker?
(a) The old lady's husband.
(b) The Grand Inquisitor's illegitimate son.
(c) Cunégonde's uncle.
(d) Don Issachar.

7. How does Jacques act on the ship?
(a) He reads the whole time.
(b) He helps the crew.
(c) He tries to get the sailors lost.
(d) He sulks.

8. What happens in Lisbon after the shipwreck?
(a) There is a tidal wave.
(b) There is an eclipse.
(c) There is a fire.
(d) There is an earthquake.

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

10. How many times is Candide beaten on his first day of military service?
(a) 500.
(b) 100.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

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

12. What happens when Mr. Issachar attacks Candide?
(a) Candide tells the Grand Inquisitor.
(b) Candide kills Mr. Issachar.
(c) Candide is seriously injured.
(d) Cunnegonde kills Mr. Issachar.

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

14. How was the old woman's mother killed?
(a) She was scalped and left to die.
(b) Four men grabbed her mother's limbs and tore her to pieces.
(c) She was forced to walk the plank into shark infested waters.
(d) The captain of the ship disembowled her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Candide not act on his crush on Cunégonde?

2. What happens to Candide and Pangloss in the auto-da-fe?

3. Why is Candide put in charge of the Cadiz soldiers?

4. Where does Candide travel with Cunégonde, the old woman, and two servants?

5. How much money does Candide give to the beggar?

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