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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is something Candide does not experience in Chapter 5?
(a) Witnessing death.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) Being stoned.
(d) A storm.

2. Where has Cunégonde been stabbed?
(a) On her leg.
(b) On her left side.
(c) On her arm.
(d) In her back.

3. Who does the Bulgar captain sell Cunégonde to?
(a) Don Issachar.
(b) An Anabaptist.
(c) A Muslim.
(d) The Grand Inquisitor.

4. On whose death does the beggar report?
(a) Cunégonde, the Baron, Baroness, and Baron's son.
(b) The Bulgarian army.
(c) Pangloss.
(d) The Baroness and her sister.

5. Where does Candide go, leaving Cunegonde with the governor of Buenos Aires?
(a) to inspect his infantry.
(b) To shop for new clothes.
(c) To call on the police.
(d) To buy a house.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom was the old woman betrothed?

2. What did the young man from the old woman's recollection in Chapter 12 promise the captive princess?

3. Who offers Candide food, two coins, a place to stay, and a job in Chapter 3?

4. Where is the man who finds the Princess born?

5. What faith is Jacques?

(see the answer key)

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