Candide Vocab
Satire Vocab
A Modest Prop.
Candide
Author
100
Doctrine
What are teachings. 
100
Satire

a type of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring about social reform

100
What does Swift propose we do with Irish babies? 
Eat them. 
100
Who's doctrine is that we live in "The best of all possible worlds?"
Doctor Pangloss
100
Voltaire was an optimist or a pessimist? 
Pessimist
200
Implicitly
What is without the need to hear spoken;without a doubt or question. 
200
Verbal Irony

What is when the speaker or writer says one thing but means something very different--often opposite of what is said

200
Who are the wealthy in "A Modest Proposal?" 
The English Protestants 
200
Describe the character of Candide
Trusting, kind, naive, wears his emotions on his sleeve. 
200
Where did Voltaire go to college? Location, not name of college. 
Paris
300
Oracle
What is a wise person who foresees the future. 
300
Exaggeration

to enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous

300
True or False: Swift believes that we should eat Irish children that range from the years of 1-12. 
False, he only proposes eating the babies. Those that are older are too lean and do not taste good. 
300
"His face was the true index of his mind." 
He shows his emotions at all times. He can't hide his feelings. 
300
How much coffee did Voltaire drink a day? 
Around 50 cups a day. 
400
Terrestrial
What is of the earth. 
400

to imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing


What is a parody 
400
How does Swift state that his proposal would affect family life? 
It would help family life in Irish households because it would bring more income, promote marriage, and reduce the population so that families are not struggling to feed more mouths. 
400
What happens between Candide and Cunegund? 
They fall in love/become intimate, get caught, and Candide gets kicked off of the estate.
400
What did Voltaire do at the age of 24?
Wrote his first literary success. 
500
Consternation
What is fear or shock that makes one feel bewildered or upset. 
500

a kind of cutting irony in which praise is used tauntingly to indicate opposite in meaning

What is sarcasm
500
What significance is the ratio of 1:4 in Swift's "A Modest Proposal?" 
Men to female breeders. 
500
How is Candide welcomed into the Bulgarian Army? How is he treated once he is in the army?
Soldiers offer to buy his meal and give him some money. Once he accepts the offer, he is initiated into the army. He is treated poorly and can't do anything that he wants to do. If he tries, he is whipped to the point of wishing for death. 
500

Who is Francois Louis-le-grand?

Voltaire 
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