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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. What happened to Cunegonde after she was taken prisoner by the captain?
(a) The Bulgarian is killed and she escapes.
(b) The Bulgarian marries her.
(c) The Bulgarian sells her to a Jewish man.
(d) The Bulgarian sends her away.

2. The old woman says she once resembled who?
(a) Cunégonde.
(b) Paquette.
(c) The Venus de Medici.
(d) Aphrodite.

3. Who saves Candide from being killed by the Bulgarians?
(a) Cunégonde.
(b) The King of the Bulgarians.
(c) The Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh.
(d) The two men he met in the Waldberghofftrarbk-dikdorff.

4. What is the solution which is developed to prevent further earthquakes?
(a) A ceremony in which people are burned to death.
(b) The sacrifice of twenty virgins.
(c) Building away from fault lines.
(d) The placement of secure structures where the earthquake struck.

5. What happens in the evening of the third day after Candide is rescued?
(a) The old woman returns and asks that he follow her.
(b) The old man hits him in the head and ties him up.
(c) The old woman does not return with his supper.
(d) The soldiers give up looking for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Candide not know anything about his protector in Chapter 7?

2. What choice is Candide given for his punishment by the Bulgarians?

3. How long does it take Candide's wounds to heal?

4. Whose murder did Cunégonde's brother witness?

5. What happens when Candide discovers that Cunegonde is the young girl under the veil?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Candide reunites with Paquette, the maid from Westphalia, how does she describe her life since they last were together and what details does she provide?

2. What are Cunégonde's misfortunes?

3. Why does the Baron still not want Cunégonde to marry Candide?

4. Describe the background of the old woman whom Candide and Cunegonde discover was born a princess.

5. Why does Candide have no interest in seeing France despite never having been there before?

6. When Candide and Cacambo are having a meal in the field after Candide murders Cunégonde's brother, what do they witness and how does Candide respond?

7. What happens after Candide shoots the monkeys?

8. Why do the rulers of Paraguay prefer foreigners?

9. Why doesn't Pococurante like the paintings by Raphael?

10. Describe what happens after the reunion of Candide and Cunegonde in Chapter 29.

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