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Candide

Can you answer these trivia(l) questions about the plot of the novel "Candide", written in 1759 by the French philosopher Voltaire?
Note: The names of many places in the novel have different spellings compared with the modern world in reality, in which case the quiz follows the spellings of the original novel, so do not be alarmed when you discover names which are spelt wrong
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Last updated: July 19, 2022
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The name of the main character...
Candide
In whose castle was he brought up...
Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh
Where the castle was located...
Westphalia
The name of the person who the main character loves...
Cunegonde
The teacher of the main character...
Pangloss
What he believes this world is...
"The best of all possible worlds"
And he had an affair with...
Paquette
The reason why the main character driven out of the castle...
He fell in love
The name of the people whose army which drafted him...
Bulgars
Who these people are fighting against...
Avars
Where the main character went after his escape...
Holland
Who took care of him in that new country...
James the Anabaptist
Who the main character met in this stage...
Pangloss
Where they went, by ship...
Lisbon
The chain of events they witnessed in the harbor on the ship...
Storm / Shipwreck / Earthquake
What happened to the main character in that city...
He was flogged
Who the main character met in this stage...
Cunegonde
Who brought him to this character...
The old woman
Who was the daughter of...
Pope Urban X
Where the three rode to...
Cádiz
Where they boarded a ship heading for...
Buenos Aires
What the governor took away from the main character...
Cunegonde
Who became the main character's valet...
Cacambo
Where the main character rode to with his valet...
Paraguay
Which was dominated by which religious organization...
Jesuits
Who the main character met in this stage...
Son of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh
What the main character did to this person...
He stabbed him
Whose land the main character rode to with his valet...
Oreillons
Which land the two discovered after passing the mountains...
Eldorado
What the pebbles and mud of this country really are...
Gold and Jewels
How long the two stayed in the royal palace...
A month
What was built for them to cross the mountains...
A huge machine
The number of sheeps given to them...
102
Where the two arrived in after their departure...
Surinam
The number of sheeps left when they reached this place...
2
The number of sheeps stolen by the Dutch captain...
2
Where the main character's valet went...
Buenos Aires
Who the main character became acquainted with...
Martin
What he thought of this world...
"God had abandoned it"
The number of sheeps the main character found again...
1
Where the main character's ship landed...
Bordeaux
Where the main character and his philosopher went after this...
Paris
Who the main character met and had an affair with...
Marquise de Parolignac
Where the main character and his friend landed in England...
Portsmouth
The event that kept him off the shore of England...
Death of an admiral
Where the main character went to meet his love...
Venice
Who they met in this city instead...
Paquette
Who proved the philosopher's theory of...
Everybody is unhappy
The name of the Venetian noblemen they met...
Signor Pococurante
Who thought everything was...
Boring
The common occupation of six people they ate dinner with...
Dethroned Kings
One of whom has a slave who was...
Cacambo
Where the three went to look for the main character's love...
Constantinople
The two galley slaves they saw on the Sea of Marmora...
Son of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh / Pangloss
Who they found working for the Prince of Transylvania...
Cunegonde / The old woman
What the main character's love lost in her travels...
Her beauty
What they bought in the vicinity...
A small farm
What a Turk advised them to do, about public affairs...
"Never pay any attention on what goes on"
The three evils were kept away by work...
Boredom / Vice / Poverty
What the main character said at the end of the novel...
"We must cultivate our garden"
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