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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Candide give the two coins someone gave him in Chapter 3?
(a) A fruit vender.
(b) A hungry child.
(c) A soldier with one leg.
(d) A beggar.

2. What happens when Candide and Cacambo try to pay for their lunch with the jewels they have found?
(a) They are laughed at because jewels are not seen as currency.
(b) The server graciously accepts their generous gift.
(c) The other patrons beg for their help to escape Eldorado.
(d) The townspeople begin to surround them and demand they hand over the jewels.

3. What do Candide and his new traveling partner to Bordeaux rescue from the ocean in Chapter 20?
(a) His last two sheep.
(b) The crew of the evil captain's ship.
(c) A porpose caught in a net.
(d) One of his red sheep.

4. What gives Candide a chance to escape the Bulgarians?
(a) A monk's habit he finds.
(b) A very dark night.
(c) A snow storm.
(d) The chaos of war.

5. What happens to the Princess in Algiers?
(a) She gets arrested.
(b) She catches the plague.
(c) She gets married.
(d) She becomes a nun.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the old woman's recollection in Chapter 12, what did the young man do the next day (after making a promise to the captive princess)?

2. What is the response to Candide's question about religion in the country with gold streets?

3. Where is the castle where Candide is raised?

4. What weather condition happens during the Anabaptists, Candide, and Pangloss' travel in Chapter 5?

5. Where has Cunégonde been stabbed?

(see the answer key)

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