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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the people at the University of Coimbre decide a future earthquake can be prevented?
(a) By holding a week long religious ceremony.
(b) By burning people alive.
(c) By moving the city to a better location.
(d) By building stronger buildings.

2. What strange sight do Cacambo and Candide witness running across the field in Chapter 16?
(a) naked soldiers sword fighting with two monkeys.
(b) two girls having their clothes ripped off by monkeys.
(c) two naked girls chased by monkeys biting at their buttocks.
(d) Two naked girls pulling monkeys' tails.

3. What do Candide and Cacambo find that takes them to the village in the mountains?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A rock.
(c) A bird.
(d) A canoe.

4. What is Candide's illness brought on by?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Food poisoning.
(c) A mosquito bite.
(d) Drinking bad water.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of Lisbon is destroyed by the earthquake?

2. From whom does Cacambo get permission for Candide and Martin to board a ship for Constantinople?

3. Why is Candide allowed to speak to the Commandant of the Jesuit military?

4. Why do Candide and Cacambo decide not to stay in that area where they narrowly escaped being cooked and eaten?

5. To which destination does Martin agree to continue with Candide in Chapter 21?

(see the answer key)

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