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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Commandant forbid?
(a) Riding horses.
(b) Writing in Portuguese.
(c) The Spaniards to speak.
(d) Eating on Mondays.

2. What happens when Candide discovers that Cunegonde is the young girl under the veil?
(a) Candide faints.
(b) They both faint.
(c) The old woman faints.
(d) Cunegonde faints.

3. Over what does Cunégonde shed tears?
(a) Her fate.
(b) Candide and his misfortunes.
(c) The deaths of Pangloss and Jacques.
(d) The murder of her family.

4. As Captain, who is assigned to be Candide's assistant?
(a) Cacambo.
(b) A Moroccan pirate.
(c) T Bulgarian prisoner of war.
(d) Cunegonde's long lost brother.

5. Who does the old woman suspect is the thief?
(a) A soldier.
(b) The innkeeper.
(c) Candide.
(d) A Franciscan priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Candide give the Commandant of the Jesuit military?

2. Who pays for Pangloss' cure?

3. Why is Candide put in charge of the Cadiz soldiers?

4. After drifting downstream in Chapter 17, how does Candide's and Cacambo's ride end?

5. Why does the old lady say she is being kind to Candide?

(see the answer key)

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