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

2. What reaction do Candide and Cunégonde have when they reunite?
(a) Cunégonde faints and Candide catches her.
(b) They embrace and kiss.
(c) They both faint.
(d) They run away from each other.

3. In Chapter 2, after running away, Candide is caught and given what choice?
(a) Carrying baggage for the regiment or wearing a dress.
(b) Twelve bullets to the brain or 36 lashes by the regiment.
(c) Returning to the army or being torn apart by a bear.
(d) Death by hanging or 10 lashes every day for a year.

4. What is Candide told after he drinks to the health of the king of Bulgaria?
(a) That he will be put into prison.
(b) That he must become a Bulgarian citizen.
(c) That he has just become a Bulgarian slave.
(d) That he is now a defender of Bulgarians.

5. To where do Candide, Cunégonde, and the old woman flee?
(a) Sevilla.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Cadiz.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Pangloss and Candide walk around in Lisbon, what catastrophe strikes?

2. What happens after Candide gives away his coins in Chapter 4?

3. What does Cunégonde say happened to her when the Bulgarians attacked?

4. What happens at the inn where Candide, Cunegonde, and the old woman are staying in Chapter 10?

5. What is Cunégonde wearing when she meets Candide again?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the custom in Eldorado when brought to see the King?

3. Why does Candide fall into a deep depression when he hasn't heard from Cacambo or Cunégonde?

4. How does Candide finally find Cacambo and get news of Cunegonde?

5. Describe the Jesuit government as explained by Cacambo.

6. Why is it considered good to kill an admiral "now and then?"

7. In Buenos Aires, describe the problem that arises from Candide's honesty.

8. Describe what happens with Candide and his assistant, Cacambo, as the Spanish search for Candide after the monk is hanged.

9. Describe Candide's interaction with the old woman that comes and tells him to follow her after he is punished for spouting philosophy.

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

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