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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the old woman not provide to Candide while he is staying in her shack?
(a) A bed.
(b) Food.
(c) Ointment.
(d) A concubine.

2. What is the philosophy that Martin claims to follow?
(a) Communitarianism.
(b) Atheism.
(c) Manichaean.
(d) Christian.

3. Why does Candide kill the Grand Inquisitor?
(a) He wants to impress Cunégonde with his power.
(b) He thinks the Grand Inquisitor has raped Cunégonde.
(c) He believes the Grand Inquisitor will have him burned.
(d) He wants to have Cunégonde for his own slave.

4. Who is Candide's new traveling partner on the way to Bordeaux?
(a) A barber named Francisco.
(b) A black soldier missing a hand and a leg.
(c) A man blind in one eye named Karl.
(d) An old scholar named Martin.

5. What is still going on in Germany in Chapter 17?
(a) The Bulgarian reign of terror.
(b) The hangings and floggings of Westphalians.
(c) The search for Candide and Pangloss.
(d) The war between the Bulgarians and the Avares.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pococurante's attitude toward his art collection?

2. What color are the soldiers that Candide meets wearing?

3. Where does Cunegonde's brother learn Cunegonde is in Chapter 15?

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

5. What happened the man who found the old woman and spoke her language when he was a child?

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