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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 survives the shipwreck?
(a) Candide.
(b) The sailor.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Pangloss.

2. Where do Candide, Cunegonde, and the old woman land in Chapter 13?
(a) Buenos Aires.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Peru.

3. How does the man who found the old woman and spoke her language treat her?
(a) He stabs her and then she escapes.
(b) He brings her to her palace in Italy.
(c) He says he will help her and then kills her.
(d) He says he will take her to Italy but sells her instead.

4. What happens to Candide immediately after he leaves the castle?
(a) He is taken in by his long lost aunt.
(b) He finds a beautiful bride.
(c) He wanders around and falls asleep in the snow.
(d) He is beat up by some Bulgarians.

5. What offer does Don Fernando make to Cunegonde?
(a) to have him eliminate Candide.
(b) To become his mistress.
(c) To move into his palace.
(d) To marry him if she so desires.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of the first chapter?

2. How much does the Baroness weigh?

3. Where is the castle where Candide is raised?

4. What does Candide say about Cunégonde's scar?

5. Who is rumored to be the son of the Baron's sister and a gentleman from the village?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the fleet preparing to go to the New World?

2. What is Candide's condition when he reaches Holland, and who helps him?

3. How did Pangloss manage to survive the auto-da-fé?

4. Why does the Bulgar captain sell Cunégonde to Don Issachar?

5. Explain why Candide shoots two monkeys.

6. Describe the background of the old woman whom Candide and Cunegonde discover was born a princess.

7. What complication arises when a Spanish ship arrives in Buenos Aires?

8. Who is the Commandant and what news does Candide bring him?

9. Who does Martin think was the most unfortunate of all the kings?

10. What is the setting in the first chapter and what characters are introduced?

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