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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Candide, Cunegonde, and the old woman when the bodies of Issachar and the Grand Inquisitor are found?
(a) Far out to sea.
(b) The town of Avecena.
(c) About two miles from the house.
(d) Saddling the horses.

2. What do Candide and Cunegonde's brother do for a long time in Chapter 14?
(a) argue about Candide's treatment in Westphalia.
(b) Make a marriage pact for Candide and Cunegonde.
(c) Plan how to defeat the Spanish.
(d) have a conversation.

3. What weather condition happens during the Anabaptists, Candide, and Pangloss' travel in Chapter 5?
(a) A snowfall.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A heat wave.
(d) A storm.

4. What does everyone who meets the Governor of Buenos Aires for the first time want to do to him?
(a) Hit him.
(b) Kiss him.
(c) Pray for him.
(d) Give him money.

5. How many soldiers surround Cacambo and Candide at the border post?
(a) 4.
(b) 24.
(c) 100.
(d) 1000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Candide wear during his escape?

2. In Chapter 2, after running away, Candide is caught and given what choice?

3. What does Candide do after being put in charge of the Cadiz soldiers?

4. How does Candide escape?

5. Who is the Princess of Palestrina's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Martin's attitude toward France?

2. How does Friar Giroflee explain his life?

3. What does the slave say is the price of the sugar eaten in Europe?

4. Who is the man who finds the woman under the orange tree and what does he do with her?

5. Who found the exhausted princess from the old woman's story and offered to help her escape to Spain?

6. What happens when Candide and Martin are arrested in a scam perpetrated by a false abbe?

7. Why does the Levantine captain ask such a high ransom for Pangloss and the Baron?

8. What is the comparison that Martin makes between man and hawks?

9. Who arrives on the ship that comes into the harbor while Cunégonde and the governor are talking and what effect does his arrival have?

10. Describe what happens on Candide and Cacambo's trip to Cayenne and how they end up in Eldorado.

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