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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. What happens to Candide and Pangloss in the auto-da-fe?
(a) Candide and Pangloss are exiled.
(b) Candide is flogged, and Pangloss is hanged.
(c) Candide is freed, but Pangloss is burned.
(d) Candide is sold, but Pangloss is flogged.

2. Who is the court's banker?
(a) Don Issachar.
(b) Cunégonde's uncle.
(c) The Grand Inquisitor's illegitimate son.
(d) The old lady's husband.

3. Who does the old woman suspect is the thief?
(a) The innkeeper.
(b) A Franciscan priest.
(c) A soldier.
(d) Candide.

4. Why does Cunégonde decide to stay with the governor?
(a) Because he is attractive.
(b) Because he is rich.
(c) Because he is young.
(d) Because he is strong.

5. What country does Candide go to after the war?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Holland.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Candide walk the street and ask for charity after visiting the villages that have been pummeled?

2. Why is Candide kicked out of the castle?

3. Which two men share a house and Cunégonde, although she will not let either man touch her?

4. What happens to the Anabaptist in Chapter 5?

5. Who does the Bulgar captain sell Cunégonde to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens after the reunion of Candide and Cunegonde in Chapter 29.

2. What is Pangloss's occupation and what message does he convey?

3. In Bordeaux, who does Candide give his sheep to and why?

4. When Candide and Cacambo are having a meal in the field after Candide murders Cunégonde's brother, what do they witness and how does Candide respond?

5. Where do Candide and Cacambo see gold and jewels in the city in the mountains? How do they respond to this finding?

6. How did Cacambo become a slave when he had six million worth of diamonds when Candide and he last parted?

7. Why does Cacambo want to go to Cayenne?

8. Describe the surprise Candide has when he gives his coins to a beggar.

9. Describe the crime that the two Portuguese commit and the punishment that they receive.

10. How does Candide lose most of his riches while trying to book a ship to Venice?

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