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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Candide not know anything about his protector in Chapter 7?
(a) He is too polite to ask personal questions.
(b) The old woman will not answer his questions.
(c) The old man cannot hear or speak.
(d) The soldiers take his protector away.

2. Who pays for Pangloss' cure?
(a) Jacques.
(b) The Baron.
(c) Candide.
(d) Paquette.

3. When Pangloss and Candide walk around in Lisbon, what catastrophe strikes?
(a) An outbreak of the plague.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A hail storm.
(d) An invasion.

4. How does Candide get in trouble with the Bulgarians?
(a) He fails to learn how to fight.
(b) He goes for a walk.
(c) He writes a letter to Cunégonde.
(d) He kisses one of their wives.

5. Candide meets two men in the town of Waldberghofftrarbk-dikdorff. To whom do they drink?
(a) Candide.
(b) Their wives and children.
(c) Cunégonde.
(d) The King of Bulgaria.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has the sailor been four times?

2. Why does Candide kill the Grand Inquisitor?

3. Where is the inn where Candide stops located?

4. Where does the old woman suggest Candide and Cunegonde go in Chapter 9?

5. What is Candide's destination?

(see the answer key)

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