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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the inhabitants of Eldorado prohibited from doing?
(a) Leaving.
(b) Having children.
(c) Singing.
(d) Marrying.

2. What does Pangloss say it isn't proper for a philosopher to do?
(a) Get married.
(b) Recant.
(c) Ask for forgiveness.
(d) Pray.

3. How old is the old man?
(a) 172 years old.
(b) 99 years old.
(c) 252 years old.
(d) 101 years old.

4. Who comes to the farm with Paquette?
(a) Cunégonde.
(b) The Baroness.
(c) Friar Giroflée.
(d) The old woman.

5. What is it that Candide does not have in Chapter 21?
(a) Any knowledge of the French language.
(b) Enough money to stay over in France.
(c) Clothes suitable for visiting France.
(d) Any interest in seeing France.

6. Who does Brother Giroflée wish was at the bottom of the sea?
(a) The Theatines.
(b) The French.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The Dutch.

7. Who sees Pangloss help the woman replace her flowers on her breast and has him arrested for it?
(a) The Imam.
(b) The Baron.
(c) The Governor.
(d) The Grand Inquisitor.

8. What happens to Cacambo and Candide's horses?
(a) They run away.
(b) They die of fatigue.
(c) They die of plague.
(d) They are stolen.

9. Candide puts out word that he will give what for an honest traveling companion?
(a) A woman for the companion to marry.
(b) A ship passage to Constantinople.
(c) Two thousand piastres and a room and board.
(d) A horse to carry his possessions.

10. What does Candide ask Martin when the shore of France comes into sight from their ship?
(a) If Martin will be leaving him in France.
(b) If Martin likes to eat French food.
(c) If Martin would like to find some French women.
(d) If Martin has ever seen France.

11. What does Candide want to purchase with the riches he has gathered in Eldorado?
(a) Cunégonde and Westphalia.
(b) Cunégonde and Buenos Aires.
(c) A concubine and Westphalia.
(d) A slave and a house.

12. What does Candide give the French lady for taking him to bed?
(a) All of his jewels.
(b) Several diamonds and rubies.
(c) the diamond ring that is on his finger.
(d) A small bag of gold dust.

13. What is finally revealed about Senator Pococurante in Chapter 25?
(a) His kindness to his servants.
(b) His negative character.
(c) His lack of education.
(d) his false pretenses at wealth.

14. The land of Eldorado is the ancient kingdom of whom?
(a) The Cherokee.
(b) The Mayans.
(c) The Egyptians.
(d) The Incans.

15. Who does Candide bribe to escape prison in Paris?
(a) The governor.
(b) The abbé.
(c) The inquisitor.
(d) The police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group of people captures Candide and Cacambo, binds them, and threatens to eat them?

2. How do Candide and Martin find Senator Pococurante's character?

3. Where is the house of the Prince of Transylvania?

4. What do Candide and Cacambo survive on for a month?

5. How does Candide react when Cunégonde reminds him of his promise to marry her?

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