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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Candide take the beggar to feed him?
(a) Jacques's stable.
(b) The bar.
(c) His apartment.
(d) The Bulgarians' house.

2. What happens to Candide and Pangloss in the auto-da-fe?
(a) Candide is flogged, and Pangloss is hanged.
(b) Candide and Pangloss are exiled.
(c) Candide is sold, but Pangloss is flogged.
(d) Candide is freed, but Pangloss is burned.

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

4. In Chapter 2, after running away, Candide is caught and given what choice?
(a) Carrying baggage for the regiment or wearing a dress.
(b) Death by hanging or 10 lashes every day for a year.
(c) Twelve bullets to the brain or 36 lashes by the regiment.
(d) Returning to the army or being torn apart by a bear.

5. In Chapter 8, what are Candide and Cunégonde doing when Mr. Issachar arrives?
(a) Sitting on the couch.
(b) Eating dinner.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Having coffee.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Cunegonde react to Don Issachar?

2. What does Candide give the beggar when he sees him on the street?

3. What does Jacques say mankind has become like?

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

5. Who is on the arriving Spanish ship in Chapter 13?

(see the answer key)

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