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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Candide learns that the Baron, his wife, and his son were murdered?
(a) He faints.
(b) He argues.
(c) He curses.
(d) He cries.

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

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

4. Where does Candide walk the street and ask for charity after visiting the villages that have been pummeled?
(a) Abaria.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Holland.
(d) Bulgaria.

5. How many people die in the war between the Bulgars and the Avars?
(a) Sixty.
(b) 30,000.
(c) One million.
(d) One hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jacques die?

2. How tall is Candide?

3. Why does Cunégonde decide to stay with the governor?

4. What does Cunégonde say happened to her when the Bulgarians attacked?

5. Who were the old woman's parents?

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