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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Candide finally get out of the country in Chapter 19?
(a) On a Russian ship bound for Africa.
(b) On a German ship bound for England.
(c) On an Italian ship bound for Milan.
(d) On a French ship leaving for Bordeaux.

2. What carries the carriages in the village?
(a) Red sheep.
(b) Red dogs.
(c) Red antelope.
(d) Blue horses.

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

4. Why was the man executed in England?
(a) For eating too much bread.
(b) For stealing bacon.
(c) For failing to kill enough French men.
(d) For killing a fellow soldier.

5. What does the old man that Candide, Martin, and Pangloss meet tell them is the secret to his happiness?
(a) Hope for a better life for his children.
(b) Traveling around the world to see beautiful new lands.
(c) Knowing that he will be rewarded in the next life.
(d) Being content with his home and cultivating his farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Candide's reaction to the execution he sees in England?

2. What happened to Pangloss' and the Baron's feet?

3. What is Cunegonde unaware of, regarding Cunegonde in Chapter 29?

4. What do the English think about killing an admiral every once in a while?

5. How old is Pococurante?

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