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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Candide pay the Dutch captain to sail to Venice as soon as possible?
(a) Because he is traumatized from the execution.
(b) Because he wants to go fishing.
(c) Because he thinks England smells bad.
(d) Because he wants to see Cunégonde.

2. How old is Pococurante?
(a) 100.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) In his early 60s.

3. Where does Candide look for Cacambo?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) On incoming ships and boats.
(c) Inns and cafes.
(d) With women of easy virtue.

4. Who originally seduces Paquette?
(a) Pangloss.
(b) The Baron.
(c) A Franciscan friar.
(d) Brother Giroflée.

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

6. Where is the ship that Candide eventually gets on headed?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Constantinople.
(c) Portsmouth.
(d) Lisbon.

7. Why does Candide decide not to go to Germany in Chapter 17?
(a) To avoid being eaten by the Oreillons.
(b) To avoid being hanged for killing the Grand Inquisitor.
(c) To avoid being burned for killing Cunégonde's brother.
(d) To avoid the war between the Bulgarians and the Abares.

8. What is it that Martin regards as just a mass of people, each with his own interest?
(a) Paris.
(b) Venice.
(c) The banks.
(d) The church.

9. What has happened to Cunegonde by Chapter 29?
(a) She has turned dark from exposure to the sun.
(b) She has become ugly.
(c) She has turned gray haired.
(d) She is pregnant.

10. How does Candide react when Cunégonde reminds him of his promise to marry her?
(a) He says that he is too sick to marry.
(b) He enthusiastically proposes.
(c) He agrees to marry even though he doesn't want to anymore.
(d) He says she is too old to marry.

11. What does the Baron fear for any children that Candide and Cunégonde might have?
(a) They will be ugly.
(b) They will be poor.
(c) They will be stupid.
(d) They couldn't enter the noble assemblies of Germany.

12. What is Candide's reaction to the execution he sees in England?
(a) He is horrified.
(b) He is happy.
(c) He is relieved.
(d) He is sad.

13. What happens when Candide goes to the court to report the captain who stole his sheep and riches?
(a) Candide is fined.
(b) Candide is rewarded.
(c) Candide is arrested.
(d) The captain is arrested.

14. Falling ill in Paris, why does Candide get a lot of medical attention?
(a) Because he has a rare disease.
(b) Because he is rich.
(c) Because he is from Westphalia.
(d) Because he is handsome.

15. Candide and Martin have dinner with guests the night after Cacambo accosts them. What do the guests complain about?
(a) That they have not been given grandchildren.
(b) Being wronged and stripped of their birthright.
(c) That their last plunder was unsuccessful.
(d) That Cacambo is a lousy slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem arises between Candide and the Baron in Chapter 30?

2. Why are each of the men at Candide's and Martin's table in Venice?

3. What is the Senator's attitude toward his vast book collection in Chapter 25?

4. With what are the children playing in the schoolyard of the village in the mountains?

5. Why is Candide still optimistic after meeting Senator Pococurante?

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