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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character believes "God has forsaken Earth and it is instead controlled by something more evil"?
(a) Martin.
(b) Candide.
(c) The captain.
(d) The pirates.

2. What does Cacambo explain to Candide about what happens in Chapter 16?
(a) The girls were raised by monkeys.
(b) Candide has killed the girls' lovers.
(c) The girls are mutant monkeys.
(d) Monkeys are sacred to the natives here.

3. Why do the Oreillons who captured them decide not to cook and eat Candide and Cacambo?
(a) they are not Jesuits.
(b) they are too thin.
(c) They agree to marry the girls.
(d) They apologize for killing the monkeys.

4. Why does Cunégonde decide to stay with the governor?
(a) Because he is strong.
(b) Because he is young.
(c) Because he is attractive.
(d) Because he is rich.

5. Candide and his new traveling companion, Martin, leave on a ship bound for where in Chapter 20?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Venice.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cunégonde's brother not approve of Candide's plan to marry his sister?

2. What does Candide see in the villages that the Bulgarians and their enemies have raided?

3. Who do Candide and Cacambo plan to join?

4. What does Candide find in the village of Avare?

5. What do Candide and Martin see swimming in the water and rescue?

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