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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Candide say about Cunégonde's scar?
(a) He thinks it is beautiful.
(b) He wishes he could make it disappear.
(c) He thinks it is ugly.
(d) He hopes he can see it.

2. Who does Cunégonde see Pangloss with in the bushes?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) The chambermaid.
(d) Her mother.

3. After leaving the castle, where does Candide fall asleep?
(a) In a church.
(b) Under a haystack.
(c) In a shop doorway.
(d) In a snow-covered field.

4. The old woman and her mother were brought to Morocco for what purpose?
(a) To be married.
(b) To be killed.
(c) To be slaves.
(d) To be educated.

5. What do Candide and Cunegonde's brother do for a long time in Chapter 14?
(a) Plan how to defeat the Spanish.
(b) argue about Candide's treatment in Westphalia.
(c) Make a marriage pact for Candide and Cunegonde.
(d) have a conversation.

6. What does Candide's tutor teach the children?
(a) Love is patient.
(b) There is no effect without a cause.
(c) The meek will inherit the earth.
(d) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

7. How does the man who found the old woman and spoke her language treat her?
(a) He says he will help her and then kills her.
(b) He stabs her and then she escapes.
(c) He brings her to her palace in Italy.
(d) He says he will take her to Italy but sells her instead.

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

9. Where do Candide and Cacambo go after leaving the governor's place?
(a) Paraguay.
(b) Buenos Aires.
(c) England.
(d) Russia.

10. Where does Cunégonde see Candide before being reunited with him by the old woman?
(a) At the auto-da-fé.
(b) At the plaza real.
(c) At the mercado.
(d) At the gardens.

11. What is the setting of the first chapter?
(a) The Castle of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh.
(b) The Castle of King Thunder-ten.
(c) The shack of Candide.
(d) The Village of Thuder-ten-trunk.

12. In Chapter 4, where does the Anabaptist take Candide and Pangloss?
(a) Bulgaria.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Italy.
(d) Paris.

13. What happens at the inn where Candide, Cunegonde, and the old woman are staying in Chapter 10?
(a) Cunegonde is raped again.
(b) Someone steals Cunegonde's diamonds and money.
(c) Someone kidnaps Cunegonde.
(d) The police come looking for Candide.

14. Where are Candide, Cunegonde, and the old woman when the bodies of Issachar and the Grand Inquisitor are found?
(a) Far out to sea.
(b) Saddling the horses.
(c) About two miles from the house.
(d) The town of Avecena.

15. Which of the following is not part of the name of the governor who becomes infatuated with Cunégonde?
(a) Cacambo.
(b) Mascarenes.
(c) Figueora.
(d) Souza.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Candide, Cunegonde, and the old woman land in Chapter 13?

2. Who is the second person Candide kills?

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

4. How is the Princess of Palestrina's betrothed killed?

5. What does the old woman suggest should be done to make money?

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