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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who offers Candide food, two coins, a place to stay, and a job in Chapter 3?
(a) A Lutheran named Martin.
(b) An Anabaptist, named James.
(c) A Rabbi named Isaac.
(d) A priest named Ignatius.

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

3. When Pangloss and Candide walk around in Lisbon, what catastrophe strikes?
(a) An invasion.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) An outbreak of the plague.
(d) A hail storm.

4. Who is on the ship that has been spotted in the Buenos Aires harbor?
(a) A magistrate and police officers.
(b) The Grand Inquisitor.
(c) The Pope.
(d) Candide's mother.

5. How many priests has Candide killed?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old woman reveal about her past in Chapter 10?

2. Who heals the women after the Russians attack the Janissaries?

3. What did the young man from the old woman's recollection in Chapter 12 promise the captive princess?

4. Who do Candide and Cacambo plan to join?

5. What weather condition happens during the Anabaptists, Candide, and Pangloss' travel in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Candide packed in his saddle-bag in chapter 16?

2. How does Candide respond when Cunegonde reminds him of his promise to marry her? Why?

3. What is the nature of the crime that the Baron commited?

4. How does Candide rationalize his murder of the Grand Inquisitor?

5. How do Candide and Cacambo manage to avoid being eaten by the Oreillons in Chapter 16?

6. Explain how Candide and Cacambo lose much of the wealth they got in Eldorado.

7. Describe the disease with which Pangloss is afflicted and how it has affected him.

8. What is ironic about Jacques' death?

9. What makes it easy for Candide and Cacambo to learn all they want to know about Eldorado?

10. Why does Cacambo want to go to Cayenne?

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