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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 does Candide see in the villages that the Bulgarians and their enemies have raided?
(a) He sees surgeons rescuing the attacked from dying.
(b) He sees dead bodies in villages only raided by the Bulgarians.
(c) He sees dead and dying bodies in the villages raided by both sides.
(d) He sees that women have been spared by the Bulgarians.

2. In Waldberghofftrarbk-dikdorff, who offers Candide food and drink?
(a) A priest.
(b) Dr. Pangloss.
(c) A charwoman.
(d) Two men.

3. What did the Janizaries do to the old woman when she was young and had been captured by them?
(a) They beat her every day and made her carry water.
(b) They cut off and ate one of her buttocks.
(c) They made her eat pig food.
(d) They made her the camp prostitute.

4. What happens the morning after Candide's rescue?
(a) The old woman sells him as a galley slave.
(b) He runs away again, headed for Spain.
(c) The old woman returns and brings him breakfast and another ointment.
(d) Lisbon soldiers come looking for him.

5. While working for the Boyar in Russia, what job does the Princess do?
(a) She is the cook.
(b) She is a musician.
(c) She is the chambermaid.
(d) She is a gardener.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not part of the name of the governor who becomes infatuated with Cunégonde?

2. What condition does Cunégonde place on sharing the story of the Bulgarian attack with Candide?

3. Why is the Bicayan arrested in Chapter 6?

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

5. What is the man's occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprise awaits Candide in Paraguay?

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

3. Why does Cacambo want to go to Cayenne?

4. To whom was the old woman engaged when she was younger and why did she not marry?

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

6. How do Candide, Cunegonde, and the old woman get a head start against the soldiers who begin to look for them in Chapter 9?

7. What has Candide packed in his saddle-bag in chapter 16?

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

9. How does Candide lose most of his riches while trying to book a ship to Venice?

10. The old woman's story, what happened to the princess at the hands of the Janizaries?

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