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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What strange sight do Cacambo and Candide witness running across the field in Chapter 16?
(a) two naked girls chased by monkeys biting at their buttocks.
(b) two girls having their clothes ripped off by monkeys.
(c) naked soldiers sword fighting with two monkeys.
(d) Two naked girls pulling monkeys' tails.

2. Who comes to the farm with Paquette?
(a) The old woman.
(b) Cunégonde.
(c) Friar Giroflée.
(d) The Baroness.

3. Where does Candide learn Cunégonde is?
(a) Paris.
(b) Venice.
(c) Lisbon.
(d) Constantinople.

4. Who is Candide's new traveling partner on the way to Bordeaux?
(a) A man blind in one eye named Karl.
(b) A black soldier missing a hand and a leg.
(c) An old scholar named Martin.
(d) A barber named Francisco.

5. In Chapter 30, why does Pangloss feel unfulfilled?
(a) He does not hold a position where he could expand and teach his philosophies.
(b) He is tired of working so hard.
(c) He has lost his intelligence and cannot hold a conversation.
(d) He is going deaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Candide become more and more unhappy in Chapter 30?

2. What job does Martin get in Paris?

3. What are Cunegonde and the old woman by Chapter 27?

4. What happens when Candide and Cacambo try to pay for their lunch with the jewels they have found?

5. Where do Candide and Martin end up after Paris?

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