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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the beggar say is the reason for his affliction?
(a) Something that he ate.
(b) Intimate relations with the maid.
(c) A disease brought by the Bulgarians.
(d) Intimate relations with Cunégonde.

2. What did the young man from the old woman's recollection in Chapter 12 promise the captive princess?
(a) He would help her get away to Cairo.
(b) He would find an Italian nobleman to rescue her
(c) He would see her safely back to Italy.
(d) He would keep her hidden in his house in Morocco.

3. In the old woman's story about her past, what did the soldiers of the Pope do when the ship was attacked?
(a) Stripped off their uniforms.
(b) Prayed.
(c) threw the passengers overboard.
(d) jumped overboard.

4. Who offers Candide food, two coins, a place to stay, and a job in Chapter 3?
(a) An Anabaptist, named James.
(b) A priest named Ignatius.
(c) A Lutheran named Martin.
(d) A Rabbi named Isaac.

5. How many times is Candide beaten on his first day of military service?
(a) 100.
(b) 30.
(c) 500.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people are being punished in the auto-da-fé?

2. What does Pangloss call the castle of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh?

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

4. Why are the two Portuguese arrested in Chapter 6?

5. How was the old woman's mother killed?

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