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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that Martin does not have in Chapter 21?
(a) A place to stay in France.
(b) An ear for the French language.
(c) A very good opinion of the French people.
(d) Any experience in France.

2. Where is the war that France is fighting?
(a) In Portugal.
(b) On the edge of Canada.
(c) In Paraguay.
(d) In Constantinople.

3. Why is Candide curious about the country with gold streets?
(a) because it is not on any maps.
(b) Because he wants to become wealthy.
(c) Because it is so much better than Westphalia.
(d) Because he has always heard about it.

4. To which destination does Martin agree to continue with Candide in Chapter 21?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Westphalia.
(c) Venice.
(d) Buenos Aires.

5. Why does Candide initially think Senator Pococurante is a happy man before Martin persuades him otherwise?
(a) The Senator has art, music, and women.
(b) The Senator is jovial and pours large glasses of wine.
(c) The Senator appears to gain pleasure in critiquing and criticizing art.
(d) The Senator is pleasant throughout their visit.

6. Where does the scene in the play Candide attends take place?
(a) Westphalia.
(b) Arabia.
(c) Paraguay.
(d) Lisbon.

7. To whom is Candide directed when he asks to know the name of the country that is so much better than Westphalia?
(a) The youngest member of the royal family.
(b) The oldest man in the town.
(c) The son of the prince.
(d) The priest.

8. What positive point does a spectator say executions have in England?
(a) To keep the guillotine sharp.
(b) To serve as entertainment purposes.
(c) To keep leaders motivated.
(d) To keep a positive morale.

9. Who does the local tribe think Candide and Cacambo are?
(a) Spanish soldiers.
(b) Angels.
(c) Jesuits.
(d) Turks.

10. How had Pangloss survived the hanging?
(a) A storm came up and revived Pangloss.
(b) They hanged someone else by mistake.
(c) The noose had broken, and Pangloss pretended to be dead.
(d) a surgeon discovered he was not dead and nursed him.

11. 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) His last two sheep.
(c) A porpose caught in a net.
(d) One of his red sheep.

12. Surinam is a possession of which country?
(a) Holland.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

13. What is unusual about the roads Candide and Cacambo find as they climb into the mountains in Chapter 17?
(a) They are very steep.
(b) They are wide enough for six charriots.
(c) They are very crooked.
(d) They are paved in gold.

14. What is the fate of the Baron, Cunégonde's brother?
(a) He is thrown into the sea.
(b) He is sold back to the captain of the ship to work in the galleys.
(c) He is stabbed through the neck.
(d) He lives happily with Candide and Cunégonde.

15. Where do Candide, Martin, Cacambo, Pangloss, and the Baron find Cunegonde and the old woman?
(a) In a laundry.
(b) On the banks of Propontis.
(c) In a kitchen.
(d) On a slave block.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Candide's illness brought on by?

2. Which of the following characters does not live on the farm with Candide?

3. Candide and his new traveling companion, Martin, leave on a ship bound for where in Chapter 20?

4. What happens when Candide goes to the court to report the captain who stole his sheep and riches?

5. What is the one thing that Candide tells Martin is better than Eldorado?

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