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WorksheetsCandide and Voltaire Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
Candide got his name because....
He was sweet as candy
it was a name that was long-used in his family.
his honest, simple nature
a nurse suggested it when no one knew what to call him.
What is illogical about how Candide received his name?
Most people get their names when their reputations are established.
Most are named when they are born
Most people are named by their schoolmasters
Most are named when they start school.
According to the narrator, Candide is -
The Baron's son
The Baron's illegitimate nephew
An orphan that the Baron and Baroness adopted
A village boy that befriended the Baron's family.
Which of the following elements is NOT among the benefits of Candide's life at the Baron's castle?
A good education
A luxurious setting
A secure status as the Baron's rightful heir
Freedom from manual labor
Who is Dr. Pangloss?
The Baron's closest friend
The Baron's spiritual adviser
Candide's scheming relative
The Baron's family tutor
Pangloss believes the following about the world?
It came into existence for no reason.
It doesn't really exist.
It is the best of all possible worlds
It is filled with evil, despair, and confusion.
The Baron banishes Candide from the castle for the following reason:
Kissing the Baron's daughter Cunegonde
Having a disrespectful attitude
stealing money from the castle treasury
arguing with Pangloss and pulling his beard.
Candide ends up in the Bulgarian army when he does the following:
Joins because Cunegone is serving as an army nurse
Joins as a way of escaping the Baron.
Joins after losing his money on a foolish bet.
Is taken away in chains and forced to enlist.
The soldiers decide Candide is right for the army because:
He has nothing else in his life.
They wanted to make him into a man.
They needed more Westphalians in the service.
At 5-feet-5, he was the right height.
Why do his his fellow soliders look upon Candide as a prodigy?
He is the best shot in the regiment
Cunegonde is prettier than any of the other girlfriends.
Candide receives care packages of sweet meats from home like no one has seen before.
Candide's soldering improves so quickly that he receives only ten strokes punishment.
Rather than be shot in the head, what punishment does Candide decide to take for his accused desertion?
Run for two leagues with his legs bound in chains
Be banished from Prussia for life
Run the gantlet of the regiment 36 times.
Marry the Colonel's daughter.
In Candide, what is the target of satire and for what purpose?
Voltaire satirizes himself in order to make fun of French nobility.
Religious institutions are satirized in order to promote spirituality.
Ignorance, weakness, and folly such as education, the castle, and the military are ridiculed in order to improve humanity.
Human suffering is satirized in order for Voltaire to win a political office.
"Baron Thunder-ten-Tronch" is an example of what satire technique?
exaggeration
ridiculous names
understatement
warped logic
"Noses are made to wear spectacles, and so we wear spectacles" is an example of which satire technique?
exaggeration
understatement
improbable situations
Warped logic
The story of Dr. Pangloss giving the maid a lesson in "experimental physics" is an example of:
understatement
exaggeration
improbable situations
warped logic
