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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon seeing the strange sight running across a field in Chapter 16, what does Candide do?
(a) Shoots the monkeys.
(b) Challenges the sword fighters.
(c) Falls down laughing hysterically.
(d) Shoots the girls.

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

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

4. What are Cunégonde and the old woman doing when Candide first sees them again?
(a) Arguing.
(b) Praying.
(c) Hanging towels to dry.
(d) Cooking.

5. How many times is the Baron beaten on the soles of his feet for his crime?
(a) 50 times.
(b) 100 times.
(c) 16 times.
(d) 1,000 times.

6. Why does Candide think it was lucky he killed the Baron?
(a) Otherwise he would have had to become the tribal king.
(b) Otherwise he would have had to leave South America.
(c) Otherwise he would have had to marry Cunégonde.
(d) Otherwise he would have been eaten.

7. Who is the captain of the sunken ship?
(a) Cacambo.
(b) The Governor of Buenos Aires.
(c) The Dutch captain who swindled Candide.
(d) A Jesuit.

8. Which of the following characteristics describes Senator Pococurante?
(a) Kind.
(b) Pleasant.
(c) Critical.
(d) Cruel.

9. Who are the paintings by that Candide admires?
(a) Paquette.
(b) Pococurante's mother.
(c) Raphael.
(d) Leonardo da Vinci.

10. What is the cause of the gunfire that Candide and Martin hear while they are on the ship?
(a) Two sailors fighting.
(b) Two ships fighting.
(c) A gunpowder explosion in the berth.
(d) A rifle accident by the captain.

11. What does Cacambo tell Candide to do when he finally shows up in Chapter 26?
(a) To give him money for information about Cunegonde.
(b) To wait in his hotel room.
(c) To watch out for the police.
(d) To ready himself to leave Venice.

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

13. What is it that Martin regards as just a mass of people, each with his own interest?
(a) The church.
(b) Paris.
(c) The banks.
(d) Venice.

14. What strange sight do Cacambo and Candide witness running across the field in Chapter 16?
(a) Two naked girls pulling monkeys' tails.
(b) naked soldiers sword fighting with two monkeys.
(c) two naked girls chased by monkeys biting at their buttocks.
(d) two girls having their clothes ripped off by monkeys.

15. What happens when Candide goes to court to complain about the ship's captain?
(a) He is given a large shp to pursue the evil captain.
(b) He is put into debtor's prison.
(c) He is fined 10,000 piastres for making such a ruckus.
(d) He is laughed out of court.

Short Answer Questions

1. After everyone goes to work on the farm, what do they discover?

2. Who are the two convicts Candide sees who are repeatedly whipped for not rowing well enough?

3. Why is Candide curious about the country with gold streets?

4. Whose execution do Candide and Martin witness in England?

5. Candide and Martin have dinner with guests the night after Cacambo accosts them. What do the guests complain about?

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