Candide: Context Quiz: Quick Quiz

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When was Voltaire born?

1594
1644
1694
1744

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Why was Voltaire imprisoned in the Bastille in his early twenties?

Engaging in homosexuality
Satirizing the government
Stealing bread
Inciting a riot

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After his second imprisonment in the Bastille, what was the condition of Voltaire's release?

House arrest
Stop writing
Serve probation
Move to England

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Despite Voltaire's relentless criticism of powerful individuals, which monarch did he befriend?

Louis XVI of France
George II of England
Frederick of Prussia
Peter I of Russia

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Who dug up and destroyed Voltaire's body thirty-six years after his death?

Religious fundamentalists
French nationalists
Communists
Land developers

Candide

Context Quiz

1 of 5
When was Voltaire born?

2 of 5
Why was Voltaire imprisoned in the Bastille in his early twenties?

3 of 5
After his second imprisonment in the Bastille, what was the condition of Voltaire's release?

4 of 5
Despite Voltaire's relentless criticism of powerful individuals, which monarch did he befriend?

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Who dug up and destroyed Voltaire's body thirty-six years after his death?

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1 of 5 When was Voltaire born?

2 of 5 Why was Voltaire imprisoned in the Bastille in his early twenties?

3 of 5 After his second imprisonment in the Bastille, what was the condition of Voltaire's release?

4 of 5 Despite Voltaire's relentless criticism of powerful individuals, which monarch did he befriend?

5 of 5 Who dug up and destroyed Voltaire's body thirty-six years after his death?

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1 of 5
When was Voltaire born?

2 of 5
Why was Voltaire imprisoned in the Bastille in his early twenties?

3 of 5
After his second imprisonment in the Bastille, what was the condition of Voltaire's release?

4 of 5
Despite Voltaire's relentless criticism of powerful individuals, which monarch did he befriend?

5 of 5
Who dug up and destroyed Voltaire's body thirty-six years after his death?