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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. Why does Candide ask to be shot in the head?

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

3. Who returns to the house to find Mr. Issachar dead?

4. Whose advice does Candide seek after killing Don Issachar?

5. Why did the old woman not marry the person to whom she was engaged?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Candide's advantage over Martin?

2. Describe the background of the old woman whom Candide and Cunegonde discover was born a princess.

3. Why does Candide decide to go to Holland?

4. Explain the objection Lisbon residents have to Dr. Pangloss after the earthquake.

5. What happens when Candide and Martin are arrested in a scam perpetrated by a false abbe?

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

7. Describe what happened when the old woman and her mother were brought to Morocco?

8. What does Candide's new traveling companion, Martin, have to say about the condition of the world as he sees it?

9. What happens after Candide shoots the monkeys?

10. What happens when Candide and Cacambo try to pay for their meal at the inn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on class distinctions in your culture versus the class distinctions in CANDIDE. Are there any similarities? What are the differences? What was the author saying about class differences in CANDIDE?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the murders committed by Candide. Would you classify any of them as justifiable homicide? Were they all self-defense? Which of the murders could be classified as crimes of passion? Conclude your paper with your evaluation as to whether there is ever a justifiable cause to murder another human being.

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between Candide and Pangloss evolve over the course of the story? Cite specific examples from the text that seem to have cause this change. Does the relationship seem better between the two of them at the end of the novel or in the beginning?

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