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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Cacambo accosts Candide before quickly leaving to serve his master, where does he say Cunégonde is?
(a) Lisbon.
(b) Rome.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Paris.

2. How long do Candide and Cacambo stay in the palace?
(a) One year.
(b) Two months.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) One month.

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

4. What does Martin claim to be?
(a) A Muslim.
(b) An Epicurean.
(c) An Aristotlean.
(d) A Manichean.

5. Why doesn't Cunégonde know she has become ugly?
(a) No one has told her.
(b) She doesn't own a mirror.
(c) She knows, but is in denial.
(d) She is blind.

6. How much money does Candide lose at the dinner when he is playing cards?
(a) Twelve francs.
(b) Fifty diamonds.
(c) Fifty thousand francs.
(d) One thousand francs.

7. What has Cacambo become while he was away?
(a) A monk.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A slave.
(d) A Jesuit.

8. What do Candide and his new traveling partner to Bordeaux rescue from the ocean in Chapter 20?
(a) The crew of the evil captain's ship.
(b) One of his red sheep.
(c) His last two sheep.
(d) A porpose caught in a net.

9. Who does Candide make a bargain with?
(a) A priest.
(b) A Dutch captain.
(c) A Spanish captain.
(d) A beggar.

10. Why must Cacambo go to Buenos Aires?
(a) To offer to buy Cunegonde.
(b) To sink the Spanish ship.
(c) To kill the governor.
(d) To find the old woman.

11. Why do the foreigners at the inn come to Venice?
(a) To trade at the market.
(b) For Carnival.
(c) To ask forgiveness of the King.
(d) To make their fortune.

12. What is the response to Candide's question about religion in the country with gold streets?
(a) The old man answers there are no religions in his country.
(b) The old man says each person has his own rleigion.
(c) The old man says their religion is animism.
(d) The old man says they worship a golden calf.

13. What is Brother Giroflée tempted to run off and do?
(a) Become an Inquisitor.
(b) Become a philosopher.
(c) Marry Paquette.
(d) Become a Turk.

14. What are following the two girls running through the meadow?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Birds.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Monkeys.

15. Where does Candide look for Cacambo?
(a) Inns and cafes.
(b) With women of easy virtue.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) On incoming ships and boats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Martin say is in Paris?

2. How many sheep are left one hundred days after Candide and Cacambo leave Eldorado?

3. What is the country with gold streets called?

4. What is finally revealed about Senator Pococurante in Chapter 25?

5. Why was the man executed in England?

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