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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cunégonde say happened to her when the Bulgarians attacked?
(a) She says that mercifully nothing happened to her.
(b) She says she was forced to watch her mother's rape.
(c) She says she was given food and shelter.
(d) She says she was raped and cut open.

3. Which of the following does Pangloss say to a survivor of the natural disaster in Lisbon?
(a) Good things come to those who wait.
(b) Happiness is what you make of it.
(c) Life is a blessing.
(d) Everything happens for a reason.

4. What is the horror Cunegonde's brother relates to Candide in Chapter 15?
(a) He was forced to kill his mother.
(b) He was raped by the Bulgarian regiment.
(c) He was enslaved for many years.
(d) He witnessed his sister's rape and the murder of his parents.

5. What does everyone who meets the Governor of Buenos Aires for the first time want to do to him?
(a) Pray for him.
(b) Kiss him.
(c) Give him money.
(d) Hit him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Candide and Cacambo decide to go after they rule out going back to Cunégonde, going to Germany, and staying near the Oreillons?

2. What is the setting of the first chapter?

3. Which of the following does the old woman not provide to Candide while he is staying in her shack?

4. What does the Commandant forbid?

5. Who does Cunégonde see Pangloss with in the bushes?

(see the answer key)

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