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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the castle where Candide is raised?
(a) Westphalia.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Portugal.
(d) South America.

2. How are Candide and Cunégonde reunited?
(a) Candide is visited by a nurse who ends up being Cunégonde.
(b) Cunégonde is a prostitute who Candide visits.
(c) The old woman brings Cunégonde to Candide.
(d) Cunégonde has become a beggar and Candide gives her coins.

3. What does Jacques say mankind has become like?
(a) Lambs.
(b) Ants.
(c) Lions.
(d) Wolves.

4. Which of the following characters survives their punishment in Lisbon?
(a) Pangloss.
(b) The two Portuguese.
(c) Candide.
(d) The Biscayan man.

5. What does Candide's tutor teach the children?
(a) There is no effect without a cause.
(b) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
(c) The meek will inherit the earth.
(d) Love is patient.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Candide and Pangloss arrested in Portugal?

2. What color are the soldiers that Candide meets wearing?

3. Why did the old woman never marry her true love, the Prince of Massa-Carrara?

4. What happens when Candide learns that the Baron, his wife, and his son were murdered?

5. Where is the fleet of ships that Candide, Cunégonde and the old woman join headed?

(see the answer key)

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