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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do Candide and Martin first see the girl and the monk?
(a) On their ship.
(b) At their inn.
(c) St. Mark's Square.
(d) In church.

3. 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) Death by hanging or 10 lashes every day for a year.
(c) Carrying baggage for the regiment or wearing a dress.
(d) Twelve bullets to the brain or 36 lashes by the regiment.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Waldberghofftrarbk-dikdorff, who offers Candide food and drink?

2. How many sheep are left one hundred days after Candide and Cacambo leave Eldorado?

3. What does Candide tell the Commandant?

4. When Cunegonde was taken prisoner by the captain, what did she become?

5. How much of Lisbon is destroyed by the earthquake?

(see the answer key)

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