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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. On whose death does the beggar report?
(a) The Baroness and her sister.
(b) Cunégonde, the Baron, Baroness, and Baron's son.
(c) The Bulgarian army.
(d) Pangloss.

2. Who noticed Cunegonde at church?
(a) The mayor.
(b) The Grand Inquisitor.
(c) The parish priest.
(d) The altar boys.

3. How many generations of nobility does Cunégonde count in her family?
(a) 100.
(b) 13.
(c) 50.
(d) 72.

4. How much does the Baroness weigh?
(a) 350 pounds.
(b) 90 pounds.
(c) 100 pounds.
(d) 150 pounds.

5. Why does Candide not know anything about his protector in Chapter 7?
(a) He is too polite to ask personal questions.
(b) The old man cannot hear or speak.
(c) The old woman will not answer his questions.
(d) The soldiers take his protector away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Candide meets two men in the town of Waldberghofftrarbk-dikdorff. To whom do they drink?

2. What does Candide do when Cunegonde's brother strikes him?

3. To where do Candide, Cunégonde, and the old woman flee?

4. Why is the man who discovers the Princess upset?

5. What is the first village to which Candide goes immediately after he escapes from the Bulgarians?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the old woman's advice to Cunégonde after the ship carrying the magistrate and police officers is spotted?

2. Describe the send off Candide and Cacambo get as they prepare to leave Eldorado.

3. Getting away from France, Candide and Martin land in Portsmouth, England, where they witness an execution. Describe Candide's curiosity.

4. How did Cacambo become a slave when he had six million worth of diamonds when Candide and he last parted?

5. Describe what happens to the men who were arrested for burning in Chapter 6.

6. Explain how Candide and Cacambo lose much of the wealth they got in Eldorado.

7. Explain why Candide shoots two monkeys.

8. What was the cause of the constant fighting in Morocco?

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

10. What happens to give Candide a good response to Martin's pessimism in Chapter 20?

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