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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the Anabaptist in Chapter 5?
(a) His throat is cut.
(b) He dies of the plague.
(c) He drowns.
(d) He is sold as a slave.

3. Where does Candide travel with Cunégonde, the old woman, and two servants?
(a) Sevilla.
(b) Cadiz.
(c) Buenos Aires.
(d) Lisbon.

4. Who survives the shipwreck?
(a) The sailor.
(b) Pangloss.
(c) Candide.
(d) All answers are correct.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Candide justify the murders he committed?

2. Who returns to the house to find Mr. Issachar dead?

3. What has the old lady set out for Candide?

4. Who is the second person Candide kills?

5. Who arrives on the ship that pulls into the harbor while Cunégonde and the governor are speaking?

(see the answer key)

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