Candide Character And Events Quiz
This is a preperation for the Candide test with a review of characters and events of the book, instead of a study guide.
- 1.I was the Jew who would share Lady Cunegone with the grand inquisitor and was killed by Candide. Who am i?
- A.
James the Anabaptist
- B.
Don Issachar
- C.
Joshua
- D.
Don Fernando
- 2.Which of these is the place where Candide DIDN'T go durring his travels?
- A.
Westphalia
- B.
Paris, France
- C.
Eldorado
- D.
Constantinople
- 3.How did James the Anabaptist die?
- A.
The auto-de-fe
- B.
Candide killed him
- C.
He drownded saving a sailor
- D.
He drownded when his ship mates tossed him overboard
- 4.Who was the war between in the begining of the novel? ( write is ______/________)
- 5.Which one was the old woman's father?
- A.
Pope Gregory
- B.
Pope Urban X
- C.
Pope Urban XV
- D.
Pope Gregory II
- 6.How was Pangloss killed in the auto-de-fe?
- 7.Who stole the money from Candide, Cunegone and the old woman in the inn
- A.
A priest
- B.
A known robber
- C.
A monk
- D.
A jew
- 8.What paved the streets of El Dorado?
- A.
Regular rocks
- B.
Gold
- C.
Iron
- D.
Precious stones
- 9.Who was Candide's valet in the new world?
- 10.Who is a wealthy Venetian man who has an elaborate collection of literature, women and art, but is bored and above all of it?
- A.
The Marqois ofParoglignac
- B.
Don Fernando d’Ibaraa y Figueora y Mascarenes y Lampourdos y Souza
- C.
Signor Pococurante
- D.
Martin
- 11.Which old friend of Candide did he meet in Venice with a monk
- 12.Whocwere the six foreigners that Candide and Martin had dinner with? ( in general not specific )
- 13.How did Pangloss feel about his theory in the end of the book?
- A.
He changed it completely
- B.
He kept it the same and believed in it whole-heartedly
- C.
He abandoned all reason
- D.
He kept the same reason but no longer believed it himself
- 14.What did the characters do in the end of the book to solve their boredom?
- A.
Go on a new adventure
- B.
Just plant their garden
- C.
Moved from Constantinople
- D.
They weren't bored
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