Candide Being Stupid
What is Candide's primary motivation?
Love
What role does the "damsel in distress" trope play in the story of "Candide?"
It drives most of the story
how did Voltaire view the rich?
Negatively; selfish; Naive
Does Voltaire present war positively or negatively in "Candide?"
Negatively
Was Candide Rich, Poor, Or Middle Class at the beginning?
Rich
Candide kills Cunégonde's brother in what country?
Paraguay
What is Candide's girlfriend's name?
Cunégonde
Because of his social standing, Candide is able to believe his tutor's world view, which is that we live in the what?
Best of all possible worlds
What military position does Candide have in the war?
common soldier
What country is Candide from?
Germany
Who is the first person Candide kills?
The High Inquisitor/Don Issachar
In South America, Candide comes across two women being attacked by what?
Monkeys
What ideology does Voltaire satirize in "Candide?"
Elitism
How does "Candide" present war leaders and recruiters?
Manipulative
How is Candide related to the Baron?
He's the Baron's nephew
What philosophy is Voltaire satirizing in the character of Candide?
Metaphysical Optimism
What does Cunégonde symbolize?
The futility of human desire
Candide's mother turned away a suitor because he could only prove he had how many generations of nobility?
71
The war candide fights in briefly is based on which real war?
The 7 Years' War
Thunder-ten-trockh
At the end of the story, Candide wises up and adopts what philosophy?
"Cultivate one's garden"
Who was the old woman's father?
Pope Urban X
Who was the king of Candide's home country at the time?
Frederick II
During Candide, Britian is fighting with France over what?
Territory in Canada
What is the name of the philosophy Pangloss teaches?
metaphysico-theologico-cosmo-codology