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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the country with gold streets called?
(a) Cibolo.
(b) Eldorado.
(c) Mayana.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. What does the Baron fear for any children that Candide and Cunégonde might have?
(a) They will be poor.
(b) They will be stupid.
(c) They couldn't enter the noble assemblies of Germany.
(d) They will be ugly.

3. Running away from the scene of the murder, where do Cacambo and Candide stop to rest and eat in Chapter 16?
(a) In a small village.
(b) In a field near a stream.
(c) Across the border into Peru.
(d) Near a small mountain.

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

5. Where do Candide, Martin, Cacambo, Pangloss, and the Baron find Cunegonde and the old woman?
(a) In a kitchen.
(b) On a slave block.
(c) In a laundry.
(d) On the banks of Propontis.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Bordeaux, what does Candide do with the red sheep?

2. Why does Candide decide not to go to Germany in Chapter 17?

3. What does the philosopher say the King never worries about when he sends a ship to Egypt?

4. How had Pangloss survived the hanging?

5. What tribe lives in the area where Candide and Cacambo rest?

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