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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 Pangloss lose after his treatment?
(a) His nose.
(b) Both ears.
(c) An eye and an ear.
(d) His chin.

2. What is the setting of the first chapter?
(a) The Village of Thuder-ten-trunk.
(b) The Castle of King Thunder-ten.
(c) The shack of Candide.
(d) The Castle of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh.

3. Who does the Commandant of the Jesuit military turn out to be?
(a) Jacques, the Anabaptist.
(b) Dr. Pangloss.
(c) Cunegonde's brother.
(d) The Bulgarian captain.

4. 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 made her eat pig food.
(c) They made her the camp prostitute.
(d) They cut off and ate one of her buttocks.

5. To whom does the captain sell Cunégonde?
(a) Candide.
(b) Mr. Cadiz.
(c) The Grand Inquisitor.
(d) Mr. Issachar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the Princess of Palestrina collapse after she escapes from the Moors?

2. Where has Cunégonde been stabbed?

3. How many times is Candide beaten on his first day of military service?

4. Why did the old woman never marry her true love, the Prince of Massa-Carrara?

5. What is the solution which is developed to prevent further earthquakes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the story of the death of James, the Anabaptist?

3. How did the young princess in the old woman's story end up in Morocco?

4. What is the explanation for Candide's disinterest in seeing Paris?

5. What kinds of events happened as part of the preparations for the Princess of Palestrina's wedding?

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

7. In Chapter 18, where do Candide and Cacambo go first to learn about Eldorado?

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

9. How is Candide rescued after his flogging?

10. Who does Martin think was the most unfortunate of all the kings?

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