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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the old woman suggest should be done to make money?
2. What trade does Jacques teach Candide?
3. How was the old woman's mother killed?
4. Whose health do the soldiers make Candide drink to?
5. What happens when Mr. Issachar attacks Candide?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Candide's interaction with the old woman that comes and tells him to follow her after he is punished for spouting philosophy.
2. After escaping, what does Candide observe about the war?
3. What has happened to Pangloss' physical condition?
4. Describe Martin's feelings about France in general and of Paris specifically.
5. Describe the argument that Candide and Cunégonde's brother have regarding Candide's intentions for Cunégonde, and explain what happens as a result.
6. What are the fates available to the castrati?
7. What do Candide and Pangloss experience when they get to Lisbon, and how do they respond?
8. Explain how Candide becomes a member of the Bulgarian army.
9. How do Candide, Cunégonde, and the old woman flee in chapter 9, and where do they go?
10. What is Candide's condition when he reaches Holland, and who helps him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay on the value of human life. Refer to Martin's notion of people being the same as hawks that eat pigeons. Discuss the genocide in the world today in comparison to Martin's illustration. Also include how the value of a human life is perceived differently in different cultures.
Essay Topic 2
Eldorado is a paradise on earth. Describe what it is about ELdorado that makes it so perfect? Can you see any flaws? Why do Candide and Cacambo decide to leave? What does this say about human nature?
Essay Topic 3
The concept of the "noble savage" and the idea that without a corruptible society man would be a more moral being was popularized by Rousseau. How would Voltaire have responded to this idea? Use examples from the text to back up your argument.
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