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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are each of the men at Candide's and Martin's table in Venice?
(a) To select a bride.
(b) To take in the carnival.
(c) To visit the Pope.
(d) To find an embezzler.

2. What information does Pococurante think would be useful in scientific academy volumes?
(a) Tapestry-weaving.
(b) Ship-building.
(c) The art of making pins.
(d) Sonnets.

3. What is the custom in Eldorado when someone meets the king?
(a) Prostrate oneself flat on the ground.
(b) Embrace the king and kiss both his cheeks.
(c) Bow down to show respect for the king.
(d) Cover one's face so the king cannot see you.

4. What is unusual about the roads Candide and Cacambo find as they climb into the mountains in Chapter 17?
(a) They are paved in gold.
(b) They are very crooked.
(c) They are wide enough for six charriots.
(d) They are very steep.

5. How does Martin describe Paris?
(a) Hostile.
(b) Kind.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Beautiful.

6. How much is the diamond worth that Candide pawns?
(a) 100,000 sequins.
(b) 20 sequins.
(c) 50,000 sequins.
(d) One million sequins.

7. What is the one thing that Candide tells Martin is better than Eldorado?
(a) Gold.
(b) Cunégonde.
(c) French wine.
(d) Westphalia.

8. What is it that Candide does not have in Chapter 21?
(a) Any knowledge of the French language.
(b) Enough money to stay over in France.
(c) Clothes suitable for visiting France.
(d) Any interest in seeing France.

9. How does Cunégonde react to Candide and her brother on the banks of Propontis?
(a) She warmly embraces them.
(b) She asks them what took so long.
(c) She ignores them.
(d) She faints.

10. What comes out about what Pococurante does with his servant girls?
(a) He sometimes forces them to share a bed with him.
(b) He makes them work day and night.
(c) He beats them every night.
(d) He fires them and hires new ones every week.

11. What is still going on in Germany in Chapter 17?
(a) The hangings and floggings of Westphalians.
(b) The Bulgarian reign of terror.
(c) The search for Candide and Pangloss.
(d) The war between the Bulgarians and the Avares.

12. Why do the foreigners at the inn come to Venice?
(a) To trade at the market.
(b) For Carnival.
(c) To ask forgiveness of the King.
(d) To make their fortune.

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

14. Who is fighting a war with France?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Italy.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

15. How is it proven that Candide is not a Jesuit?
(a) The captors ask him to repeat a Catholic prayer.
(b) The captors threaten to eat him and see whether Candide prays.
(c) The captors take Candide's robe and ask villagers to whom it belonged.
(d) The captors quiz him on his early childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Candide's new traveling partner to Bordeaux profess to be?

2. At the end of the novel, what is the only thing that Candide decide is necessary for happiness?

3. What does Candide want to experience with a traveling companion?

4. Why doesn't Cunégonde know she has become ugly?

5. What do Candide and Cacambo find that takes them to the village in the mountains?

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