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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Bordeaux, what does Candide do with the red sheep?
(a) He gives the sheep to the Academy of Sciences to study.
(b) He gives them to the church.
(c) He barbecues them.
(d) He sells their unusual red wool and then eats them.

2. What bizarre action follows Candide's response to what he saw running across a field in Chapter 16?
(a) The girls are cradling the dead monkeys and crying.
(b) Local villagers run at Candide and Cacambo with sticks and pitchforks.
(c) The girls throw stones at the monkey's bodies.
(d) The girls run and fall down at Candide's feet.

3. Who does the local tribe think Candide and Cacambo are?
(a) Jesuits.
(b) Turks.
(c) Spanish soldiers.
(d) Angels.

4. Why does Candide believe he has an advantage over Martin?
(a) He still has reason to be optimistic towards his future because of Cunégonde.
(b) He doesn't think he has an advantage over Martin.
(c) He has more education than Martin.
(d) He is more realistic about the future.

5. When Cacambo accosts Candide before quickly leaving to serve his master, where does he say Cunégonde is?
(a) Constantinople.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

6. Who is Candide's new traveling partner on the way to Bordeaux?
(a) A black soldier missing a hand and a leg.
(b) A man blind in one eye named Karl.
(c) An old scholar named Martin.
(d) A barber named Francisco.

7. What does Candide wonder about because of Cacambo's impoverished condition?
(a) How did he find Cunegonde while he was a slave.
(b) What kind of master he has.
(c) The six million worth of diamonds when they last parted.
(d) Why he seems so happy.

8. How long do Candide and Martin wait in Venice without word of Cacambo?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three days.
(d) One month.

9. What does the old man that Candide, Martin, and Pangloss meet tell them is the secret to his happiness?
(a) Hope for a better life for his children.
(b) Being content with his home and cultivating his farm.
(c) Knowing that he will be rewarded in the next life.
(d) Traveling around the world to see beautiful new lands.

10. How much money does Cacambo give to the Governor of Buenos Aires?
(a) 600,000.
(b) Five million.
(c) Two million.
(d) One million.

11. Of whom has Candide heard that is said to have never had a bad day in his life?
(a) Baron Bulgaria.
(b) The Grand Inquisitor.
(c) Governor Westphalia.
(d) Senator Pococurante.

12. After a hundred days, how many of the sheep are left carrying gold and jewels?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

13. Who are the paintings by that Candide admires?
(a) Pococurante's mother.
(b) Leonardo da Vinci.
(c) Raphael.
(d) Paquette.

14. What does Candide do to pass the time while he convalesces?
(a) He reads books.
(b) He goes to church.
(c) He gambles.
(d) He writes letters to Cunégonde.

15. What positive point does a spectator say executions have in England?
(a) To serve as entertainment purposes.
(b) To keep the guillotine sharp.
(c) To keep a positive morale.
(d) To keep leaders motivated.

Short Answer Questions

1. At a stream they come to in Chapter 17, what do Candide and Cacambo discover?

2. What are the children playing with when Candide and Cacambo come to a village in Chapter 17?

3. Running away from the scene of the murder, where do Cacambo and Candide stop to rest and eat in Chapter 16?

4. With what are the roads paved in the village at which Candide and Cacambo arrive in the rocky mountains?

5. Who do the two slaves on the ship to Contantinople turn out to be?

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