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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Janissaries eat when they are under attack?
(a) Two eunuchs and two buttocks.
(b) Eggs and bacon.
(c) Two slaves.
(d) Bread and cheese.

2. Whose health do the soldiers make Candide drink to?
(a) The Pope.
(b) The Baron.
(c) The King of the Bulgars.
(d) The King of the Avars.

3. What does the Governor have a "furious lust" for?
(a) Women.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Power.

4. Who is Cacambo?
(a) The governor's son.
(b) The slave of the governor.
(c) The man Candide was given to act as his assistant.
(d) Candide's best friend from childhood.

5. On the ship leaving Cadiz in Chapter 10, where are Candide and company headed?
(a) India.
(b) Buenos Aires.
(c) England.
(d) Cuba.

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

7. How did Cunegonde react to Don Issachar?
(a) She did not let him touch her.
(b) She allowed him to sleep with her.
(c) She feared him.
(d) She hated him.

8. Where does Candide take the beggar to feed him?
(a) Jacques's stable.
(b) The Bulgarians' house.
(c) His apartment.
(d) The bar.

9. What is Candide's destination?
(a) England.
(b) Cadiz.
(c) Paris.
(d) Japan.

10. What is being put together when the old woman, Candide, and Cunégonde arrive in Cadiz?
(a) A house.
(b) An army.
(c) A castle.
(d) A moat.

11. When the old woman and her mother were in route to Gaeta, what did the soldiers aboard the ship do when they were attacked by pirates?
(a) Prayed.
(b) Jumped to their deaths.
(c) Killed the pirates.
(d) Hid behind the women.

12. How does Candide kill Mr. Issachar?
(a) With his hands.
(b) With a gun.
(c) With a knife.
(d) With a sword.

13. Who discovers Cunegonde and Candide behind the screen attempting Dr. Pangloss' experiment?
(a) Dr. Pangloss.
(b) Paquette.
(c) The Baron.
(d) The Baron's son.

14. How is Candide punished as a prisoner in Lisbon?
(a) He is hung by his arms.
(b) He is put on a rack.
(c) He is flogged.
(d) He is hung by his feet.

15. How does Candide kill Don Issachar?
(a) With a sword.
(b) By strangling him.
(c) He shoots him.
(d) He hits him over the head.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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)?

3. How does Cunegonde's brother react to Candide's plan to marry Cunegonde?

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

5. How do the Janizaries try to stave off their hunger?

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