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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many priests has Candide killed?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

3. Who is the Commandant?
(a) Cunégonde's brother.
(b) Cacambo's uncle.
(c) Candide's father.
(d) The old woman's son.

4. What does Candide see in the villages that the Bulgarians and their enemies have raided?
(a) He sees surgeons rescuing the attacked from dying.
(b) He sees that women have been spared by the Bulgarians.
(c) He sees dead bodies in villages only raided by the Bulgarians.
(d) He sees dead and dying bodies in the villages raided by both sides.

5. When the old woman and her mother were in route to Gaeta, what did the soldiers aboard the ship do when they were attacked by pirates?
(a) Hid behind the women.
(b) Prayed.
(c) Killed the pirates.
(d) Jumped to their deaths.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives on the ship that pulls into the harbor while Cunégonde and the governor are speaking?

2. What was going on in Africa at the time of the enslavement of the princess in Chapter 12?

3. What does Candide wear during his escape?

4. Where do Candide and Cacambo go after leaving the governor's place?

5. What is the philosophy that Martin claims to follow?

(see the answer key)

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