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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose advice does Candide seek after killing Don Issachar?
(a) The old woman's.
(b) A beggar's.
(c) Cunégonde's.
(d) The Grand Inquisitor's.

2. Who does Pangloss ultimately blame for his current condition?
(a) The Baron.
(b) Christopher Columbus.
(c) God.
(d) Candide.

3. What happens when Candide discovers that Cunegonde is the young girl under the veil?
(a) Candide faints.
(b) They both faint.
(c) Cunegonde faints.
(d) The old woman faints.

4. Why does Candide not know anything about his protector in Chapter 7?
(a) He is too polite to ask personal questions.
(b) The old woman will not answer his questions.
(c) The old man cannot hear or speak.
(d) The soldiers take his protector away.

5. Why does Candide kill the Grand Inquisitor?
(a) He thinks the Grand Inquisitor has raped Cunégonde.
(b) He wants to impress Cunégonde with his power.
(c) He believes the Grand Inquisitor will have him burned.
(d) He wants to have Cunégonde for his own slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Candide and Pangloss rewarded for helping rebuild Lisbon?

2. How do the Anabaptists, Candide, and Pangloss travel to their destination in Chapter 5?

3. Where has the sailor been four times?

4. Who is the second person Candide kills?

5. What weather condition happens during the Anabaptists, Candide, and Pangloss' travel in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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