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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the old lady set out for Candide?
(a) Drink.
(b) Ointment.
(c) Food.
(d) All answers are correct.

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

3. When does the old woman share her name with Candide?
(a) After she feeds him for three days.
(b) Never.
(c) After he wakes up.
(d) When she first meets him.

4. What does Candide sell on the old woman's advice?
(a) Pistols.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) A sword.
(d) A horse.

5. What happens after Candide gives away his coins in Chapter 4?
(a) The beggar gives him a hug.
(b) The soldier curses him.
(c) The hungry child kicks him.
(d) The fruit vender cheats him.

Short Answer Questions

1. At a stream they come to in Chapter 17, what do Candide and Cacambo discover?

2. Where does Candide travel with Cunégonde, the old woman, and two servants?

3. In Chapter 4, where does the Anabaptist take Candide and Pangloss?

4. Why does Candide decide not to go to Germany in Chapter 17?

5. What is Candide given after his rescue in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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