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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What town do Candide, Cunégonde, and the old woman reach before anyone realizes Mr. Issachar and the Grand Inquisitor are dead?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Cadiz.
(c) Sevilla.
(d) Avacena.

2. What does Candide's new traveling partner to Bordeaux profess to be?
(a) An atheist.
(b) A Manichaean.
(c) A Protestant.
(d) A Jesuit.

3. Why are Candide and Pangloss arrested in Chapter 6?
(a) For refusing to work.
(b) For bathing in a fountain.
(c) For teaching Pangloss' philosophy.
(d) For stealing bread.

4. Where does Cunegonde's brother learn Cunegonde is in Chapter 15?
(a) On a ship headed back to Spain.
(b) Hundreds of miles away in Brazil.
(c) In prison awaiting her return to Lisbon.
(d) The city which they mean to attack.

5. Why is the man who discovers the Princess upset?
(a) Because he has lost all of his money.
(b) Because his parents have just been killed.
(c) Because he is castrated.
(d) Because he is lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Candide kill Don Issachar?

2. What game are the children in the village playing?

3. How long has the agreement between Don Issachar and the Grand Inquisitor been in effect?

4. What do Candide and Cunegonde's brother do for a long time in Chapter 14?

5. What happens when Candide and Cacambo try to pay for their lunch with the jewels they have found?

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