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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the old lady set out for Candide?
(a) Food.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Drink.
(d) Ointment.

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

3. What happens after Candide gives away his coins in Chapter 4?
(a) The hungry child kicks him.
(b) The beggar gives him a hug.
(c) The soldier curses him.
(d) The fruit vender cheats him.

4. Who is the man in black an officer for?
(a) The Bulgar Army.
(b) The King of France.
(c) The Navy.
(d) The Inquisition.

5. How are Candide and Cunégonde reunited?
(a) The old woman brings Cunégonde to Candide.
(b) Cunégonde is a prostitute who Candide visits.
(c) Cunégonde has become a beggar and Candide gives her coins.
(d) Candide is visited by a nurse who ends up being Cunégonde.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in Lisbon after the shipwreck?

2. What does the old woman tell Candide and Cunegonde in Chapter 9?

3. When Pangloss and Candide walk around in Lisbon, what catastrophe strikes?

4. Where does Candide take the beggar to feed him?

5. Whose advice does Candide seek after killing Don Issachar?

(see the answer key)

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