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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 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 has just become a Bulgarian slave.
(c) That he must become a Bulgarian citizen.
(d) That he is now a defender of Bulgarians.

2. What does Cunegonde talk about on the way to Buenos Aires?
(a) Her luck.
(b) The future.
(c) Her hardships.
(d) Her fortune.

3. What happens in Lisbon after the shipwreck?
(a) There is a tidal wave.
(b) There is a fire.
(c) There is an eclipse.
(d) There is an earthquake.

4. What is stolen from Cunégonde?
(a) Her shoes.
(b) Her Bible.
(c) Her money and diamonds.
(d) Her clothes.

5. Why does Candide kill the Grand Inquisitor?
(a) He wants to have Cunégonde for his own slave.
(b) He wants to impress Cunégonde with his power.
(c) He believes the Grand Inquisitor will have him burned.
(d) He thinks the Grand Inquisitor has raped Cunégonde.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what are Candide and Cunégonde doing when Mr. Issachar arrives?

2. How do the people at the University of Coimbre decide a future earthquake can be prevented?

3. What had happened to a young man in Italy whom the old woman had met?

4. Where does the ship that Candide, Cunégonde and the old lady are sailing on finally land?

5. Which of the following does Pangloss say to a survivor of the natural disaster in Lisbon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the fates available to the castrati?

2. What complication arises when a Spanish ship arrives in Buenos Aires?

3. What do Candide, the baron, Pangloss, Martin and Cacambo argue about on the ship?

4. Describe Pangloss's survival story after he was hanged and burned.

5. As Candide and Martin are walking to dinner one night, who accosts them and what does he say?

6. How does Candide come to the rescue of Cunegonde in Chapter 9?

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

8. How do Candide and Cacambo end up on roads that are paved with gold?

9. Describe Candide's reaction to reuniting with Cunégonde and their subsequent interaction in Chapter 7.

10. Explain how Candide becomes a member of the Bulgarian army.

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