Candide

Old Woman

"I fell to the share of a Boyard who made me his gardener, and he gave me twenty lashes a day."

Candide

"we must cultivate our garden."

Pangloss

"...things cannot be otherwise than as they are; for all being created for an end, all is necessarily for the best end."

Cunegonde

"They slew my father and brother, and cut my mother in pieces."

Cacambo

"You see, this hemisphere is not better than the other; now take my advice and let us return to Europe by the shortest way possible."

Martin

"...if hawks have always had the same character, why should you imagine that men have changed theirs?"

Abbe of Perigord

"In the provinces, one takes them to the inn; in Paris, one respects them when they are beautiful and throws them on the highway when they are dead."

Marchioness of Parolignac

"I wish that you would pick up my garter."

James the Anabaptist

"Mankind have a little corrupt nature, for they were not born wolves, and they have become wolves."

Young Baron

"I shall have ever present to my memory the dreadful day, on which I saw my father and my mother

when it pleased Heaven to send the Bulgarians to our delightful castle of Thunder-ten-tronckh, where they murdered my father and brother.

I was in bed, and fast asleep,

and drove Candide from the house with powerful kicks on the backside.

Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh, happening to pass the street at that moment, noticed both cause and effect,

take my advice, and let's return to Europe as quickly as we can.

The new world, you can see, is no better than the old;

especially as he had brought away so many diamonds from the country once occupied by the Incas.

It would be natural to suppose that, after so many disasters, Candide should lead the most pleasing life imaginable, married at last to his mistress,...

but as he had once maintained that everything would turn out right in some marvelous way, he still maintained it would, however little he believed it.

Pangloss allowed that his sufferings had been uniformly horrible;

and Brother Giroflee had last turned Turk.

They had been in prison and had escaped,

and that several of their friends had been impaled.

news had spread that two cabinet ministers and a judge had been strangled at Constantinople.

but I never bother myself about what happens in Constantinople.

I suppose it's true that those who enter politics sometimes come to a miserable end, and deserve it;

but the experience is tonic for her virtue.

A woman of honor can be ravished once,

the rumor soon spread that a Spanish magistrate was disembarking in pursuit of the murders of the Grand Inquisitor,

The ship was not in Buenos Ayres harbor, and

True

Bets Martin that the monk and his young female companion are happy.

True

Shoots two monkeys.

F

Catches the plague.

True

Is five feet five inches tall.

True

Chooses Martin to accompany him on a sea voyage.

F

Thinks Cunegonde should not marry a commoner.

True

Poses as a Jesuit.

F

Was arrested and beaten in Surinam for swimming nude.

F

Collects fine copies of works by Homer and Milton.

True

Learns to march and shoot.

F

Is rescued by Jesuits and revived.

F

Is captured by Bulgars and has his throat cut.

True

Tries to arrange a voyage to Europe and is cheated by pirates.

F

Persuades an old Incan man in Eldorado that life is better in Europe.

F

Flees to Cayenne witnesses and auto-de-fe.

Martin

Who advises Candide to forget the Cacambo and Cunegonde?

Lisbon

In what city does the earthquake take place?

Pangloss

Who is hanged at the auto-da-fe?

Don Issachar

Who shares Cunegonde with the Grand Inquisitor?

Red

What color sheep does Candide take from Eldorado?

Young Baron

Who serves as colonel at the Jesuit compound?

Constantinople

Near what city is Candide's farm?

Cacambo

Whom does Candide send to fetch Cunegonde from the governor of Buenos Ayres?

James the Anabaptist

Who drowns off the shores of Lisbon?

Paquette

Who was Pangloss' paramour (in Westphalia)?

Buenos Ayres

...she's with the Governor of __________________ and I had come to make war on you.

Westphalia

There lived in__________________, at the county seat of Baron Thunder-ten-trench, a young lad blessed by nature with the most agreeable manners.

Venice

__________________ is a free state where one has nothing to fear from Bulgars, Abars, Jews, and Inquisitors.

Holland

His provisions were exhausted by the time he had reached __________________, but as he had heard that everyone in the country was rich and all were Christians, he had no doubt that he would be treated [kindly].

Constantinople

Cacambo, whose job was to work in the garden and sell vegetables in __________________, was quite worn out with toil and cursed his lot.

Lisbon

When they had recovered a small quantity of their strength, they set off towards ________________, hoping they had just enough money in their pockets to avoid starvation after escaping the storm.

El Dorado

The Spaniards had a confused knowledge of the existence of this country, which they named __________________.

Israel 8.

Issachar was the most excitable Hebrew that had been seen in __________________ since the Babylonian Captivity.

France

I am going to wait for her in Venice, and must cross __________________ to reach Italy.

Cadiz

At__________________ a fleet was being victualled and some troops assembled for enforcing the claims of reason upon the Jesuits of Paraguay.

Surinam

"Sir," replied Martin, "with the clergy of __________________ accused me of denying the divinity of Christ, but what I really believe is that man was created by the forces of evil and not by the forces of good."

Palestrina

I am the daughter of Pope Urban X and the Princess of __________________.

Naples

"I was born at ___________________," he told me, "where they castrate two or three thousand children every year.

Paraguay

The rulers of __________________ accept few as Spanish Jesuits as they can; they prefer strangers, since they think they can get the better of them.

Paris

"Is it true," asked Candide, "that people in __________________ are always laughing?"

Old Woman

"I fell to the share of a Boyard who made me his gardener, and he gave me twenty lashes a day."

Candide

"we must cultivate our garden."

Pangloss

"...things cannot be otherwise than as they are; for all being created for an end, all is necessarily for the best end."

T

After receiving the letter, Candide finds the fake Cunegonde lying concealed behind a curtain.

T

Candide insists on marrying Cunegonde, even though he no longer loves her.

F

Because the old woman has lost half her buttocks, she cannot ride a horse and must be left behind.

T

Pacquette, Pangloss's former paramour, becomes a prostitute.

T

Candide stabs the Baron, who refuses to allow his sister to marry Candide.

F

James, the Anabaptist, accompanies Candide to Portugal to help treat the victims of the earthquake.

F

Count Pococurante teaches Candide to enjoy all of the arts and refinements of Italian society.

F

While gambling in Paris, Candide wins two diamonds, which he donates to Giroflee.

T

One of the red sheep that Candide lost is recovered after the sinking of the pirate ship.

F

The cannibals attack Candide because they believe he has killed a Jesuit and an Inquisitor.

Cunegonde

"They slew my father and brother, and cut my mother in pieces."

Cacambo

"You see, this hemisphere is not better than the other; now take my advice and let us return to Europe by the shortest way possible."

Martin

"...if hawks have always had the same character, why should you imagine that men have changed theirs?"

Abbe of Perigord

"In the provinces, one takes them to the inn; in Paris, one respects them when they are beautiful and throws them on the highway when they are dead."

Marchioness of Parolignac

"I wish that you would pick up my garter."

James the Anabaptist

"Mankind have a little corrupt nature, for they were not born wolves, and they have become wolves."

Young Baron

"I shall have ever present to my memory the dreadful day, on which I saw my father and my mother