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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the old lady say she is being kind to Candide?
(a) She is Paquette.
(b) She is his mother.
(c) She doesn't tell him.
(d) She is his aunt.

2. Where does Candide take the beggar to feed him?
(a) The Bulgarians' house.
(b) The bar.
(c) His apartment.
(d) Jacques's stable.

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

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

5. What language do the people in the village speak?
(a) Greek.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Peruvian.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Candide and Cunegonde's brother do for a long time in Chapter 14?

2. What are the children playing with when Candide and Cacambo come to a village in Chapter 17?

3. What does Cunégonde say happened to her when the Bulgarians attacked?

4. Who is the Commandant?

5. How many soldiers surround Cacambo and Candide at the border post?

(see the answer key)

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