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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pangloss lose after his treatment?
(a) An eye and an ear.
(b) His nose.
(c) Both ears.
(d) His chin.

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

3. Who does Cunégonde tell Candide has not survived the attack on the castle?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Candide gives away his coins in Chapter 4?

2. How does Candide justify the murders he committed?

3. What happens when Mr. Issachar attacks Candide?

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

5. How does Candide escape?

(see the answer key)

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