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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who saves Candide from being killed by the Bulgarians?
(a) Cunégonde.
(b) The King of the Bulgarians.
(c) The Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh.
(d) The two men he met in the Waldberghofftrarbk-dikdorff.

2. How do the survivors in Lisbon wet their bread?
(a) With their blood.
(b) With milk.
(c) With wine.
(d) With their tears.

3. Why does Candide ask to be shot in the head?
(a) There are 2,000 men in the regiment to give 36 lashes each.
(b) There is no hope for him to escape the army.
(c) He says it as a joke not believing they will do it.
(d) He saw someone hanged and does not want that.

4. How does Jacques die?
(a) He contracts syphilis.
(b) He is poisoned.
(c) He is stabbed.
(d) He drowns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, after running away, Candide is caught and given what choice?

2. Who pays for Pangloss' cure?

3. How are Candide and Pangloss paid for helping restore the city in Chapter 5?

4. What town do Candide, Cunégonde, and the old woman reach before anyone realizes Mr. Issachar and the Grand Inquisitor are dead?

5. What is Candide told after he drinks to the health of the king of Bulgaria?

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