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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens the morning after Candide's rescue?
(a) Lisbon soldiers come looking for him.
(b) He runs away again, headed for Spain.
(c) The old woman returns and brings him breakfast and another ointment.
(d) The old woman sells him as a galley slave.

2. What news does Candide give the Commandant of the Jesuit military?
(a) That Westphalia no longer exists.
(b) His sister is alive and well.
(c) That Cunegonde is now his wife.
(d) That the Bulgarians are coming.

3. What does Cunégonde say happened to her when the Bulgarians attacked?
(a) She says she was raped and cut open.
(b) She says that mercifully nothing happened to her.
(c) She says she was given food and shelter.
(d) She says she was forced to watch her mother's rape.

4. Who does the Commandant of the Jesuit military turn out to be?
(a) Jacques, the Anabaptist.
(b) Cunegonde's brother.
(c) Dr. Pangloss.
(d) The Bulgarian captain.

5. Where do Candide and Cacambo go after leaving the governor's place?
(a) Russia.
(b) England.
(c) Paraguay.
(d) Buenos Aires.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over what does Cunégonde shed tears?

2. What does Candide do after being put in charge of the Cadiz soldiers?

3. What does Candide give the beggar when he sees him on the street?

4. What is unusual about the roads Candide and Cacambo find as they climb into the mountains in Chapter 17?

5. What does Pangloss lose after his treatment?

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