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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Candide and Martin arrive in a new country after Paris, whose execution dot they observe?
(a) An English admiral.
(b) A sailor
(c) An Irish admiral.
(d) A local thief.

2. What do Candide and Cunegonde's brother do for a long time in Chapter 14?
(a) Make a marriage pact for Candide and Cunegonde.
(b) argue about Candide's treatment in Westphalia.
(c) have a conversation.
(d) Plan how to defeat the Spanish.

3. What does the beggar say is the reason for his affliction?
(a) Something that he ate.
(b) A disease brought by the Bulgarians.
(c) Intimate relations with Cunégonde.
(d) Intimate relations with the maid.

4. Where does the scene in the play Candide attends take place?
(a) Westphalia.
(b) Paraguay.
(c) Arabia.
(d) Lisbon.

5. Who is the court's banker?
(a) The old lady's husband.
(b) Cunégonde's uncle.
(c) The Grand Inquisitor's illegitimate son.
(d) Don Issachar.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the people at the University of Coimbre decide a future earthquake can be prevented?

2. What happens when the old woman, Candide, and Cunégonde stop at the inn?

3. Who does Pangloss ultimately blame for his current condition?

4. Why does Candide ask to be shot in the head?

5. How old is the old man?

(see the answer key)

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