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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens in the evening of the third day after Candide is rescued?
(a) The old man hits him in the head and ties him up.
(b) The soldiers give up looking for him.
(c) The old woman returns and asks that he follow her.
(d) The old woman does not return with his supper.

2. What game are the children in the village playing?
(a) Hopscotch.
(b) Quoits.
(c) Chess.
(d) Checkers.

3. What is Candide given after his rescue in Chapter 7?
(a) A serious lecture about false teaching.
(b) Ointment, food and drink, clothes, and a bed.
(c) Another flogging.
(d) A job as a dishwasher at an inn.

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

5. Where does Cacambo want to go as soon as possible?
(a) To America.
(b) To Canada.
(c) To Paraguay.
(d) To Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the old woman share her name with Candide?

2. What happens after Candide gives away his coins in Chapter 4?

3. On the ship leaving Cadiz in Chapter 10, where are Candide and company headed?

4. What happens when Candide hears that Cunegonde is dead?

5. What happens to Cacambo and Candide's horses?

(see the answer key)

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