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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cacambo believe that Candide will be welcomed by the priests?
(a) Because he is wealthy.
(b) Because he is so pious.
(c) Because he can sing many hymns.
(d) Because he knows Bulgar military drills.

2. For whose side does Cacambo encourage Candide to fight?
(a) The Jesuits.
(b) The Portuguese.
(c) The Bulgarians.
(d) The Spaniards.

3. Where does Candide take the beggar to feed him?
(a) The Bulgarians' house.
(b) The bar.
(c) His apartment.
(d) Jacques's stable.

4. What game are the children in the village playing?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Chess.
(c) Hopscotch.
(d) Quoits.

5. Why is Candide allowed to speak to the Commandant of the Jesuit military?
(a) He is also a Jesuit.
(b) He looks familiar to the Commandant.
(c) He is wearing a captain's uniform.
(d) He is German and not Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cunégonde wearing when she meets Candide again?

2. What news does Candide give the Commandant of the Jesuit military?

3. On the ship leaving Cadiz in Chapter 10, where are Candide and company headed?

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

5. To what lot was the old woman born?

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