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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. How do the Anabaptists, Candide, and Pangloss travel to their destination in Chapter 5?

2. What angers the Baron when talking to Candide?

3. Fleeing the Spanish who are looking for the murderer of the Grand Inquisitor, where do Candide and Cacambo head in Chapter 14?

4. How does the man who found the old woman and spoke her language treat her?

5. How does Candide kill Don Issachar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the explanation for Candide's disinterest in seeing Paris?

2. Describe the send off Candide and Cacambo get as they prepare to leave Eldorado.

3. Who is given to Candide when he is made captain, to act as an assistant, and what advice does he have for Candide?

4. What are the crimes of the people sentenced to the auto-da-fé?

5. Compare the burials of Don Issachar and the Grand Inquisitor.

6. What is the custom in Eldorado when brought to see the King?

7. Describe what happened when the Janissaries were attacked.

8. What is the old Turk's life like?

9. With whom do Candide and Martin find themselves dining in Chapter 26? What stories do these people tell?

10. How does Candide lose most of his riches while trying to book a ship to Venice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Candide goes on a truly epic journey through the course of the novel.

- Do people differ from one another that much over the course of his travels? How?

- In what ways is Candide like a traditional tragic hero? In which ways isn't he?

- Is his fate similar to the class tragic hero as discussed in class? What is his epic struggle?

Essay Topic 2

Candide experiences practically every situation possible. In that way he can be seen as a universal character. In other ways, however, Candide is so naive, that the reader may have difficulty relating to his innocence. In an essay, explain whether you feel Candide is a character that is easy to relate to. Would you consider him lucky or unlucky? Does this influence how the reader perceives him?

Essay Topic 3

Candide and Cacambo leave Eldorado with sheep carrying their belongings. What happens to these sheep along the way? Why is this significant? What is the meaning of the sheep in the novel? Do you think they are representative of something else? What references are there to sheep in other texts that Voltaire might have referenced? Write an essay explaining and examining the significance and symbolism of the sheep.

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