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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who relieved Cacambo of all his wealth after he buys back Cunegonde?
(a) A ship's captain.
(b) A pirate.
(c) A bad judge.
(d) A military captain.

2. Who is known as the best philosopher in the area?
(a) Martin.
(b) Candide.
(c) A local dervish.
(d) Pangloss.

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

4. What happens to the man on the deck of the naval vessel?
(a) He is shot in the head.
(b) He is given money.
(c) He is given a commendation.
(d) He is hanged.

5. What do Manichaeans believe?
(a) God is allowing evil to enjoy the trials of men.
(b) God is ready to destroy the Earth again, this time by fire.
(c) God has grown blind to the evil of mankind.
(d) God has forsaken Earth, which is controlled by something evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Bordeaux, what does Candide do with the red sheep?

2. What are the evils Candide's new traveling partner to Bordeaux says he has observed in the world?

3. How does Martin propose to prove a happy looking couple in Chapter 24 is not happy at all?

4. What does the old woman think is worse than all of the torments that she has suffered?

5. What do Candide and Martin see swimming in the water and rescue?

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