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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discovers Cunegonde and Candide behind the screen attempting Dr. Pangloss' experiment?
(a) Dr. Pangloss.
(b) Paquette.
(c) The Baron.
(d) The Baron's son.

2. How was the old woman's mother killed?
(a) The captain of the ship disembowled her.
(b) Four men grabbed her mother's limbs and tore her to pieces.
(c) She was scalped and left to die.
(d) She was forced to walk the plank into shark infested waters.

3. What does Pangloss call the castle of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh?
(a) The only castle in Bulgaria.
(b) The richest castle in the world.
(c) The castle of many mysteries.
(d) The best of all possible castles.

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

5. What does everyone who meets the Governor of Buenos Aires for the first time want to do to him?
(a) Hit him.
(b) Pray for him.
(c) Give him money.
(d) Kiss him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Cunégonde tell Candide has not survived the attack on the castle?

2. The old woman says she once resembled who?

3. Whose health do the soldiers make Candide drink to?

4. Why did the old woman not marry the person to whom she was engaged?

5. What is the fate of the Franciscan who had stolen Cunégonde's money and jewels?

(see the answer key)

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