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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does the captain sell Cunégonde?
(a) Candide.
(b) The Grand Inquisitor.
(c) Mr. Cadiz.
(d) Mr. Issachar.

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

3. What is being put together when the old woman, Candide, and Cunégonde arrive in Cadiz?
(a) A castle.
(b) A house.
(c) An army.
(d) A moat.

4. Who survives the shipwreck?
(a) The sailor.
(b) Pangloss.
(c) Candide.
(d) All answers are correct.

5. Which of the following is something Candide does not experience in Chapter 5?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A storm.
(c) Witnessing death.
(d) Being stoned.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what are Candide and Cunégonde doing when Mr. Issachar arrives?

2. In the old woman's story about her past, what indignity did the old woman and her mother suffer after the ship was seized?

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

4. Which two men share a house and Cunégonde, although she will not let either man touch her?

5. What does Candide do after being put in charge of the Cadiz soldiers?

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