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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Candide buys back Cunegonde and the old woman, where do they all go to live?
(a) In a villa on the South of France.
(b) On a farm Candide buys.
(c) In Paris.
(d) The castle in Westphalia.

2. After Candide witnesses Pangloss being hanged, what happens?
(a) Pangloss dies.
(b) The rope breaks and Pangloss falls.
(c) A fellow prisoner rescues Pangloss.
(d) It starts to rain, putting out the fire that was burning Pangloss.

3. What caused Pangloss to be enslaved?
(a) taking too long helping a woman in a mosque.
(b) Trying to propose to a Muslim woman.
(c) Peeking into the women's bath house.
(d) Touching a woman he was not related to by blood.

4. How long do Candide and Cacambo stay in Eldorado?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Five days.
(d) A month.

5. Why is Cunégonde's brother arrested in Constantinople?
(a) For praying in a mosque.
(b) For bathing with the Sultan's page.
(c) For preaching Christian doctrine.
(d) For stealing a loaf of bread.

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

7. How does Pangloss wake up after being hanged?
(a) When a surgeon dissecting him begins to cut.
(b) When he is being buried.
(c) When holy water is sprinkled on him.
(d) He never wakes up after being hanged.

8. What does Cunegonde remind Candide about in Chapter 29?
(a) How he left her in Buenos aires.
(b) What they did behind the screen.
(c) his promise to marry her.
(d) where she hid her diamonds.

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

10. What is still going on in Germany in Chapter 17?
(a) The search for Candide and Pangloss.
(b) The Bulgarian reign of terror.
(c) The war between the Bulgarians and the Avares.
(d) The hangings and floggings of Westphalians.

11. What are Cunégonde and the old woman doing when Candide finds them on the banks of Propontis?
(a) Having a picnic.
(b) Taking a nap.
(c) Doing laundry.
(d) Washing dishes.

12. Who once owned the kingdom of Eldorado?
(a) The Dutch.
(b) The Incas.
(c) The Turks.
(d) The Aztecs.

13. What do all the characters at the farm end up deciding to do at the end of the book?
(a) Work the farm.
(b) Go their separate ways.
(c) Celebrate Cunégonde's baby.
(d) Kill Candide.

14. What does the man of the couple in Chapter 24, Friar Giroflee, say about his happiness?
(a) He was abandoned by his family.
(b) Paquette gave him a venereal disease.
(c) He does not want to be in the monastery.
(d) He loves a married woman.

15. Why is Dr. Pangloss unhappy at the end of the story?
(a) Candide no longer believes his philosophy.
(b) He does not hold a valuable position to teach his philosophies.
(c) He cannot walk because of his slashed feet.
(d) The old woman demands that he marry her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bizarre action follows Candide's response to what he saw running across a field in Chapter 16?

2. What distresses Candide after he sees Cacambo in Chapter 26?

3. In Chapter 25, when does Candide say he will be the only happy man in the world?

4. How much money does Cacambo give to the Governor of Buenos Aires?

5. What is unusual about the roads Candide and Cacambo find as they climb into the mountains in Chapter 17?

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