Great works of the western tradition

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"Great Works of the Western Tradition"

Quiz, Candide, Chapters 1-6, 26-30:

1. True or False: Candide is impressed into the Bulgar army and then unknowingly deserts it.

2. True or False: Dr. Pangloss contends that pigs are unclean animals and unfit for human consumption.

3. True or False: Candide never doubts or questions the wisdom of Dr. Pangloss.

4. True or False: Jacques the Anabaptist identifies Candide as a fellow two-legged creature without feathers and with a soul.

5. True or False: Jacques the Anabaptist laments humanity's propensity to warfare.

6. True or False: Dr. Pangloss' suffering from syphilis provides a rare exception to his usual contention that all is for the best.

7. True or False: The auto-da-fe in Lisbon is expressly intended to prevent further earthquakes, and is apparently successful in so doing.

8. True or False: Dr. Pangloss admits that syphilis is clearly opposed to the great purpose of nature.

9. True or False: Dr. Pangloss and Candide attempt to save the drowning Anabaptist, Jacques.

10. True or False: For the auto-da-fe in Portugal, two men are arrested as heretics because they avoid eating bacon.

11. True or False: Dr. Pangloss suggests that the more private misfortunes there are, the more all is well.

12. True or False: Dr. Pangloss eventually admits that he has never believed his own repeated assertions that all is marvelously well.

13: True or False: Dr. Pangloss implies that his inherent optimism is a matter of loyalty to Leibniz.

14. True or False: The new Baron of Thunder-Ten-Tronckh, Cunegunde's brother, demands that Candide marry his sister even though she has become ugly.

15. True or False: The novel Candide is said to have been written in German by a Doctor of some sort.

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