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Flashcards for English - Candide and Tartuffe

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1
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Who said, “Do you believe that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they have found them?”?

A

Martin

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Who said, “I am the daughter of Pope Urban X, and of the Princess of Palestrina.”?

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the old woman

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Who said, “Indeed, the law of nature teaches us to kill our neighbor”?

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Cacambo reasons with them in their own language

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Who said, “It was love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe”?

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Pangloss

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5
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According to Baker, Orgon is a model of what?

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bad kingship

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Candide meets an Anabaptist who does what?

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Makes him his apprentice

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Dorine believes all of the following about Mariane EXCEPT: A:she’s poorly matched for Tartuffe, B:she’s above Tartuffe socially, C: she’d be justified in having an affair while married, D: she’s haughty and judgmental

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D, that she’s haughty and judgmental

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Examples of Voltaire attacking the Church.

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Chapter 15: Father Croust and clergy portrayed as homosexual; Cunégonde’s jewels stolen by a Franciscan monk in Buenos Aires; Auto-da-fe: exaggeration of the intolerance and hypocrisy of the Spanish Inquisition/church

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For nearly every death, there is a what? A funeral, B memorial, C wake, D resurrection, E chapter

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D, resurrection

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10
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How do Candide and Cacambo escape from the Biglugs?

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Cacambo reasons with them in their own language

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11
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How does Candide finally find happiness?

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by gardening

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How does Candide respond to the two men in Cunégonde’s life?

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He stabs them with his sword

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13
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How does Martin become Candide’s traveling companion?

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He wins Candide’s contest for the most unhappy man

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How does Martin’s view of the world and world order differ from Pangloss?

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Pessimist: contrast to Pangloss’s optimism

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How does the philosophy of Rousseau fit into Candide?

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Rousseau believed that man in nature was inherently good: if you put man in the wild, he’ll be peaceful and pure: Voltaire disagrees: even in Eldorado, Candide and Cacambo get tired of it and leave. If man’s inherent goodness were to exist, it would have to be in complete isolation, like in Eldorado, adn even then man would tire of it and get restless.

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16
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How is Cleante related to Orgon?

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He’s his brother-in-law

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17
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In Tartuffe’s eyes, sin only offends heaven when what?

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when sin is committed in full view of others

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In which city are Martin and Candid arrested for being “suspicious strangers?”

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Paris

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19
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Is Molière directly attacking religion?

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Not really, just religious hypocrisy.

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20
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Is Tartuffe a comedy or a satire?

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BOTH! WAHOO! EXCITING!

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Of what religious affiliation is Martin?

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Manichean

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22
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On what do Martin and Candide wager in Venice?

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that Cacambo will fulfil his mission

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24
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The beggar in Holland turns out to be who?

A

Pangloss

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25
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There are many Biblical allusions in Candide. Give an example.

A

Eden: Baron thunder-ten-Tronckh’s castle

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26
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There are many symbols in Candide. Give at least two and explain.

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Eldorado (utopia, how it doesn’t work); garden (the life/world that you have, which you should tend instead of chasing utopia)

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27
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Upon leaving Orgon’s house, what does Madame Perenelle do?

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Admonishes everope except Tartuffe

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28
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What activity brings Candide pleasure at the end of the novel?

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Gardening

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What actually happens to Cunégonde after the Bulgarian soldiers rape her?

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She is wounded and taken in by a bulgarian captain

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30
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What disaster happens in Lisbon?

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an earthquake

31
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What disease does Pangloss contract?

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syphilis

32
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What do the officers that Tartuffe brought to Orgon’s house do?

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arrest Tartuffe for fraudery

33
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What do the two meen at the door of the inn offer a nearly-starved Candide?

A

a place in the army

34
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What does Candide mean by “we must tend our garden?”

A

That it’s no use speculating about what could or couldn’t happen or would or wouldn’t be the best world: you just have to stop worrying and work on improving what you already have.

35
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What does Cunégonde do to improve her financial situation?

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Marries a rich governor

36
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What does Cunégonde see Pangloss doing?

A

sleeping with Paquette, the maid

37
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What does Martin believe?

A

that men are basically greedy and hypocritical

38
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What does Pangloss do that distracts him and Candide?

A

philosophize

39
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What does Tartuffe want Elmire to do?

A

have a secret affair with him

40
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What happens on the way to Lisbon?

A

Candide and his companions get shipwrecked

41
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What happens to Candide after he’s kicked out of the Baron’s castle?

A

He’s drafted into the Bulgarian army

42
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What happens when Orgon returns home?

A

He defends Tartuffe and believes he can do no wrong

43
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What is an auto-da-fe, and what is its significance in Candide?

A

“act of faith” used by the Church to execute heretics during the Spanish Inquisition: public event: used by Voltaire as an attack on the Church, since Pangloss is hanged simply because he espouses optimism, and Candide is flogged for listening

44
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What is Candide’s driving force?

A

love

45
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What is consistently depicted as corrupting and morally bankrupt?

A

religion

46
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What is Jacques’ religious affiliation?

A

Anabaptist

47
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What is optimism?

A

theory that all is for the greater good, best of all possible worlds

48
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What is Pangloss’s favorite saying?

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All’s for the best in the best of all possible worlds.

49
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What is Pangloss’s main thesis in his philosophical view of the world? Give one example of how Voltaire mocks it.

A

All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds: contradicition is the earthquake: even as Candide is nearly crushed beneath ruins, asking for help, Pangloss just extemporizes on how good the earthquake is

50
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What is portrayed as meaningless?

A

status derived from lineage

51
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What is the hidden country into which Candide and Cacambo stubmel?

A

Eldorado

52
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What precious animal does Vanderdendur steal from Candide?

A

A sheep laden with jewels

53
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What punishment does Candide choose after his arrest?

A

Running the gauntlet through the whole regimen

54
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What ultimately happens to the baron and his wife?

A

they are killed

55
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What’s in Orgon’s strongbox?

A

information about his friend, an exile, that could damage his reputation and his friend’s safety

56
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What’s ironic about Dorine?

A

She’s just a servant girl, but she’s very wise.

57
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When does the Anabaptist (Jacques) die?

A

rescuing the sailor

58
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Where does Candide find Pangloss and the baron?

A

In a Turkish chain gang

59
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Where does Candide live at the beginning of the story?

A

Westphalia

60
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Which best describes Candide’s experience in the army?

A

He’s abused and almost executed

61
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Which enlightenment thinker is Pangloss’s character meant to satirize?

A

Liebniz

62
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Which of the following does Eldorado have? A prisons, B schools, C churches, D bawdy houses

A

B, schools

63
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Who said, “I deeply love Miss Cunégonde.”?

A

Candide

64
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Whom does the Jesuit commander turn out to be?

A

Cunégonde’s brother, the new Baron

65
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Why are there no courts or prisons in Eldorado?

A

Citizens never break the laws there

66
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Why does Candide flee after landing in Buenos Aireas?

A

The Spanish police are seeking Candide

67
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Why does Candide kill the Revered Father Commander, who’s also the baron’s son?

A

The Commander hit him in the face

68
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Why does Dr. Pangloss receive a sentence of execution?

A

For being a heretic

69
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Why does Monsiuer Loyal appear at the house?

A

to evict Orgon

70
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Why does Voltaire devote two chapters to the old woman’s story?

A

To carefully detail her characters

71
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Why is Candide expelled from the baron’s castle?

A

for kissing Cunégonde

72
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Why is Damis concerned with Marian’s and Valere’s wedding?

A

He wants to court Valere’s sister

73
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Why is the English admiral executed?

A

For fighting too prudently

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