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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. Which of the following characters does not live with the Baron?
(a) Candide.
(b) His sister.
(c) Cunégonde.
(d) His wife.

2. Who heals the women after the Russians attack the Janissaries?
(a) The French.
(b) The Spaniards.
(c) The Janissaries.
(d) The Russians.

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

4. Whose health do the soldiers make Candide drink to?
(a) The Pope.
(b) The King of the Bulgars.
(c) The Baron.
(d) The King of the Avars.

5. What does Pangloss call the castle of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh?
(a) The best of all possible castles.
(b) The only castle in Bulgaria.
(c) The richest castle in the world.
(d) The castle of many mysteries.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people die in the war between the Bulgars and the Avars?

3. Who is Don Fernando d'Ibaraa y Figueora y Mascarenes y Lampourdos y Souza?

4. Who saves Candide from being killed by the Bulgarians?

5. How is the Princess of Palestrina's betrothed killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the old Turk's life like?

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

4. What happens when Candide and Martin are arrested in a scam perpetrated by a false abbe?

5. What does Cacambo think should be done with the Baron?

6. How long does Candide stay in Bordeaux?

7. Describe what happened during the attack on the castle of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh through Cunégonde's brother's eyes and his story of survival.

8. How are Candide and Cacambo captured by the Oreillons and why are they freed?

9. In Bordeaux, who does Candide give his sheep to and why?

10. Describe what Candide sees when he walks through a village raided by the Bulgarians.

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