Candide Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Candide Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Candide sell on the old woman's advice?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) A horse.
(c) A sword.
(d) Pistols.

2. How are Candide and Pangloss rewarded for helping rebuild Lisbon?
(a) With books.
(b) With meals.
(c) With homes.
(d) With coins.

3. What happens in the evening of the third day after Candide is rescued?
(a) The soldiers give up looking for him.
(b) The old woman does not return with his supper.
(c) The old woman returns and asks that he follow her.
(d) The old man hits him in the head and ties him up.

4. In Chapter 7, who rescues and takes care of Candide?
(a) Dr. Pangloss.
(b) An old woman.
(c) The Baron's son.
(d) An old man.

5. What condition does Cunégonde place on sharing the story of the Bulgarian attack with Candide?
(a) She says he must pay her.
(b) She says he must kiss her.
(c) She says he must tell her his story first.
(d) She says he must marry her.

6. When the old woman and her mother had been on board a ship belonging to the Pope, what event occurred?
(a) The ship sank in a storm.
(b) The ship ran aground on a desert island.
(c) Pirates attacked them.
(d) the ship was attacked by a Moorish fleet.

7. How does Jacques die?
(a) He is stabbed.
(b) He is poisoned.
(c) He drowns.
(d) He contracts syphilis.

8. In the old woman's recollection in Chapter 12, what did the young man do the next day (after making a promise to the captive princess)?
(a) He caught the plague and died.
(b) He was arrested and sent to prison.
(c) He sold the girl as a slave.
(d) He left with the girl but was captured.

9. What does Pangloss call the castle of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh?
(a) The only castle in Bulgaria.
(b) The richest castle in the world.
(c) The best of all possible castles.
(d) The castle of many mysteries.

10. How many horses does the old woman tell Candide and Cunégonde are in the stable?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

11. How do the survivors in Lisbon wet their bread?
(a) With milk.
(b) With their tears.
(c) With wine.
(d) With their blood.

12. When Cunegonde was taken prisoner by the captain, what did she become?
(a) His bed warmer.
(b) His cook.
(c) His maid.
(d) His teacher.

13. Who is on the arriving Spanish ship in Chapter 13?
(a) The Grand Inquisitor's brother.
(b) The young castrati who sold the old woman.
(c) the monk who stole Cunegonde's money and diamonds.
(d) A Bulgarian captain.

14. Why are the two Portuguese arrested in Chapter 6?
(a) For hoarding food.
(b) For selling rotten bananas.
(c) For throwing away bacon.
(d) For eating a cat.

15. Who arrives on the ship that pulls into the harbor while Cunégonde and the governor are speaking?
(a) Cacambo.
(b) Cunégonde's brother.
(c) The monk that stole Cunégonde's diamonds.
(d) Candide's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Until what age does the Princess of Palestrina live in her castle?

2. For whose side does Cacambo encourage Candide to fight?

3. After leaving the castle, where does Candide fall asleep?

4. What gives Candide a chance to escape the Bulgarians?

5. Who were the old woman's parents?

(see the answer keys)

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