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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fleeing the Spanish who are looking for the murderer of the Grand Inquisitor, where do Candide and Cacambo head in Chapter 14?
(a) Equador.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Paraguay.
(d) Peru.

2. What is stolen from Cunégonde?
(a) Her shoes.
(b) Her money and diamonds.
(c) Her Bible.
(d) Her clothes.

3. After drifting downstream in Chapter 17, how does Candide's and Cacambo's ride end?
(a) The are captured by jungle natives.
(b) They come to a small village.
(c) The canoe falls apart and they swim to shore.
(d) Their canoe runs aground and is ruined on the reefs.

4. Who is Cacambo?
(a) Candide's best friend from childhood.
(b) The slave of the governor.
(c) The governor's son.
(d) The man Candide was given to act as his assistant.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who do Candide and Cacambo plan to join?

3. At a stream they come to in Chapter 17, what do Candide and Cacambo discover?

4. What does Candide tell the Commandant?

5. What do Candide and Cacambo survive on for a month?

(see the answer key)

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