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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Brother Giroflée wish was at the bottom of the sea?
(a) The Dutch.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The French.
(d) The Theatines.

2. What is it that Martin does not have in Chapter 21?
(a) Any experience in France.
(b) An ear for the French language.
(c) A place to stay in France.
(d) A very good opinion of the French people.

3. Where does the scene in the play Candide attends take place?
(a) Lisbon.
(b) Paraguay.
(c) Westphalia.
(d) Arabia.

4. What happens after Candide stabs Cunégonde's brother?
(a) He bleeds to death.
(b) Candide feels guilty and revives him.
(c) One of the Baron's servants finds him and he is healed.
(d) He is buried alive before his servant realizes he is still breathing.

5. What effect does the execution in Chapter 23 have on Candide?
(a) He is amused by the ignorance of the English.
(b) He stays in England to see another one.
(c) He recalls the brutality of the Bulgarians.
(d) He is horrified and pays a Dutch captain to take him to Venice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Candide's new traveling partner to Bordeaux profess to be?

2. What is Cunégonde's appearance when Candide finds her on the banks of Propontis?

3. How many serene highnesses show up at the inn?

4. What is Candide's illness brought on by?

5. Candide and Martin are walking to dinner one night. What does Cacambo accosts Candide to tell him?

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