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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What town do Candide, Cunégonde, and the old woman reach before anyone realizes Mr. Issachar and the Grand Inquisitor are dead?
(a) Cadiz.
(b) Sevilla.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Avacena.

2. Whose health do the soldiers make Candide drink to?
(a) The Pope.
(b) The King of the Avars.
(c) The King of the Bulgars.
(d) The Baron.

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

4. Why is Candide put in charge of the Cadiz soldiers?
(a) Because of his Bulgarian military training.
(b) Because he is taller than the soldiers.
(c) Because they are holding Cunegonde hostage.
(d) Because the leader always gets killed.

5. When did the man who found the old woman and spoke her language first meet her?
(a) Under the orange tree.
(b) When she was eighteen.
(c) After her father died.
(d) Before she was six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Candide discovers that Cunegonde is the young girl under the veil?

2. What does Candide say about Cunégonde's scar?

3. In the old woman's recollection in Chapter 12, what did the young man do the next day (after making a promise to the captive princess)?

4. What happens when Candide learns that the Baron, his wife, and his son were murdered?

5. In Holland, who is Candide happy to meet up with again?

(see the answer key)

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