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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Senator Pococurante treat his female servants?

2. Why do the Oreillons who captured them decide not to cook and eat Candide and Cacambo?

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

4. What happens to Cacambo?

5. Why does Candide think it was lucky he killed the Baron?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel, almost every character has a story of being brutally attacked, raped, or violently removed from a higher position in society. What role does violence play in the novel? Which characters are most affected by violence? Why do you think the author chose to include such graphic depictions of violence in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on the possibility of a Utopia like Eldorado. Such a condition has been tried many times in the past but has always failed. In your essay, present a picture of a world like Eldorado that might possibly work. Then discuss why attempts to establish a Utopia have always ended in failure.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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