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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Pangloss to be enslaved?
(a) taking too long helping a woman in a mosque.
(b) Peeking into the women's bath house.
(c) Touching a woman he was not related to by blood.
(d) Trying to propose to a Muslim woman.

2. How much money does Candide lose at the dinner when he is playing cards?
(a) Twelve francs.
(b) One thousand francs.
(c) Fifty diamonds.
(d) Fifty thousand francs.

3. What are the inhabitants of Eldorado prohibited from doing?
(a) Having children.
(b) Singing.
(c) Leaving.
(d) Marrying.

4. What do the English think about killing an admiral every once in a while?
(a) Its just something they have always done.
(b) It gives the people something to do.
(c) It makes the sailors happy.
(d) It is a good motivator for the other admirals.

5. What happens after Candide stabs Cunégonde's brother?
(a) Candide feels guilty and revives him.
(b) One of the Baron's servants finds him and he is healed.
(c) He is buried alive before his servant realizes he is still breathing.
(d) He bleeds to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. After everyone goes to work on the farm, what do they discover?

2. What positive point does a spectator say executions have in England?

3. What does Martin suggest Cacambo has done after they don't hear from him for while in Venice?

4. Who are the paintings by that Candide admires?

5. What is still going on in Germany in Chapter 17?

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