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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following characteristics describes Senator Pococurante?
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Critical.
(c) Cruel.
(d) Kind.

2. What happened to Cunegonde after she was taken prisoner by the captain?
(a) The Bulgarian sends her away.
(b) The Bulgarian sells her to a Jewish man.
(c) The Bulgarian is killed and she escapes.
(d) The Bulgarian marries her.

3. How long do Candide and Cacambo stay in Eldorado?
(a) Five days.
(b) A month.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

4. Who noticed Cunegonde at church?
(a) The parish priest.
(b) The altar boys.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The Grand Inquisitor.

5. How could the apartment of the old man in Chapter 18 be described?
(a) plain white granite walls and floors.
(b) Gilded and encrusted in rubies.
(c) A cave in a diamond mine.
(d) too large for only one old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two convicts Candide sees who are repeatedly whipped for not rowing well enough?

2. Who do Candide and Martin dine with the night after Cacambo accosts them?

3. Which of the following characters does not live with the Baron?

4. Where is Cunégonde's brother first taken prisoner?

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

(see the answer key)

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