1
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Sailor
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Pure evil
2
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James the Anabaptist
A
Pure good
3
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Candide
A
Good hearted but naive traveler. Bad things happen when he’s around
4
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Cunegonde
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Candide’s love interest
5
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Pangloss
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Satire of Enlightenment Philosophy; believes that this world is “the best of all possible worlds”
6
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Cacambo
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Candide’s valet as Candide travels in the New World
7
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Is Candide is a satire of picaresque novels?
A
No; it’s a parody of picaresque novels
8
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What is the setting of most of Chapters 16-20?
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South America
9
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Is Candide arguably the first modern comedy?
A
Yes
10
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_______ drowns trying to save _______.
A
James the Anabaptist; the sailor
11
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T/F: Candide is a pilgrimage story and like medieval comedy it does not truly conclude.
A
True
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