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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which two men share a house and Cunégonde, although she will not let either man touch her?
(a) Mr. Issachar and the Grand Inquisitor.
(b) Candide and the Grand Inquisitor.
(c) Mr. Issachar and Candide.
(d) The Baron and the Grand Inquisitor.

3. What strange sight do Cacambo and Candide witness running across the field in Chapter 16?
(a) two girls having their clothes ripped off by monkeys.
(b) naked soldiers sword fighting with two monkeys.
(c) two naked girls chased by monkeys biting at their buttocks.
(d) Two naked girls pulling monkeys' tails.

4. What does Candide do after being put in charge of the Cadiz soldiers?
(a) He leaves with Cunegonde, the old woman, and two servants.
(b) He demands a salary they cannot afford in Cadiz.
(c) He arranges for a marriage to Cunegonde.
(d) He buys a large house for Cunegonde and him to live in.

5. What is unusual about the roads Candide and Cacambo find as they climb into the mountains in Chapter 17?
(a) They are very steep.
(b) They are very crooked.
(c) They are wide enough for six charriots.
(d) They are paved in gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cunegonde's brother say he escaped?

2. What does Cunegonde witness in the park in Chapter 1?

3. What happens in the evening of the third day after Candide is rescued?

4. When the old woman and her mother had been on board a ship belonging to the Pope, what event occurred?

5. What gives Candide a chance to escape the Bulgarians?

(see the answer key)

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