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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the old woman's parents?
(a) The Baron and Baroness of Palestrina.
(b) Pope Urban X and the Princess of Palestrina.
(c) The Baron of Palestrina and the Princess of Westphalia.
(d) The Baron of Urbania and the Princess of Palestrina.

2. Why are Candide and Pangloss arrested in Portugal?
(a) For killing a Bulgarian.
(b) For drowning Jacques.
(c) For spouting philosophy.
(d) For throwing away bacon.

3. Until what age does the Princess of Palestrina live in her castle?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 21.

4. What does the beggar say is the reason for his affliction?
(a) Intimate relations with the maid.
(b) Something that he ate.
(c) Intimate relations with Cunégonde.
(d) A disease brought by the Bulgarians.

5. What does Candide see in the villages that the Bulgarians and their enemies have raided?
(a) He sees that women have been spared by the Bulgarians.
(b) He sees surgeons rescuing the attacked from dying.
(c) He sees dead and dying bodies in the villages raided by both sides.
(d) He sees dead bodies in villages only raided by the Bulgarians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in the evening of the third day after Candide is rescued?

2. What is stolen from Cunégonde?

3. What does the Baroness do to Cunégonde after Candide is expelled from the castle?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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