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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the country to which Candide walks after leaving Bulgaria?
(a) Holland.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Italy.

3. How does Jacques act on the ship?
(a) He reads the whole time.
(b) He sulks.
(c) He helps the crew.
(d) He tries to get the sailors lost.

4. Which of the following does Pangloss say to a survivor of the natural disaster in Lisbon?
(a) Happiness is what you make of it.
(b) Good things come to those who wait.
(c) Life is a blessing.
(d) Everything happens for a reason.

5. What does the Anabaptist do for the crew of the boat?
(a) He feeds them.
(b) He helps them.
(c) He pays them double.
(d) He ignores them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Candide ask to be shot in the head?

2. Where does Candide walk the street and ask for charity after visiting the villages that have been pummeled?

3. How much money does Jacques give Candide?

4. In Chapter 4, where does the Anabaptist take Candide and Pangloss?

5. What weather condition happens during the Anabaptists, Candide, and Pangloss' travel in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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