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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What information does Pococurante think would be useful in scientific academy volumes?
(a) Sonnets.
(b) Tapestry-weaving.
(c) The art of making pins.
(d) Ship-building.

2. At a stream they come to in Chapter 17, what do Candide and Cacambo discover?
(a) An abandoned canoe.
(b) Women washing clothes.
(c) boys swimming in the stream.
(d) A place to take a bath.

3. Why does Candide initially think Senator Pococurante is a happy man before Martin persuades him otherwise?
(a) The Senator is jovial and pours large glasses of wine.
(b) The Senator is pleasant throughout their visit.
(c) The Senator has art, music, and women.
(d) The Senator appears to gain pleasure in critiquing and criticizing art.

4. Why does the old lady say she is being kind to Candide?
(a) She doesn't tell him.
(b) She is his mother.
(c) She is Paquette.
(d) She is his aunt.

5. Who is the second person Candide kills?
(a) Cunégonde.
(b) The Grand Inquisitor.
(c) A beggar.
(d) The old lady.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character believes "God has forsaken Earth and it is instead controlled by something more evil"?

3. For whose side does Cacambo encourage Candide to fight?

4. Where is the man who finds the Princess born?

5. Senator Pococurante states that he can only stand the music for how long?

(see the answer key)

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