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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall is Candide?
(a) Six feet tall.
(b) 5'5".
(c) 6'5".
(d) Five feet tall.

2. What characteristic do Jacques and Candide share?
(a) Anger.
(b) Optimism.
(c) Competitiveness.
(d) Pessimism.

3. Why does Candide not want to tour France?
(a) Because he prefers to go to Westphalia.
(b) Because he has heard Frenchmen are snobs.
(c) Because nothing could be better than Eldorado.
(d) Because the French are allies of Bulgaria.

4. According to the abbé, how many good plays have been written in France?
(a) None.
(b) Twenty.
(c) A hundred.
(d) Fifteen or sixteen.

5. Why does Candide not act on his crush on Cunégonde?
(a) None of these answers is correct.
(b) He is too shy.
(c) He is too young.
(d) He does not have a crush on her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of the first chapter?

2. Where does Cacambo want to go as soon as possible?

3. What happens to Martin as soon as he arrives in Paris for the first time?

4. What happens to Candide in the auto-da-fé?

5. Why are the two girls upset when Candide kills the monkeys?

(see the answer key)

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