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1. At Portsmouth, Candide and Martin see an admiral executed by gunshot. This is a reference to the real-life Admiral John Byng, who was found guilty of not protecting Minorca from the French well enough in the Battle of Minorca in 1756. What result does witnessing the execution have on Candide?
2. In Venice, Candide looks everywhere for Cacambo, assuming that he and Cunégonde must have arrived by the time he himself has gone to France, to England, and has been in Venice for months looking for him. He is sure that this means Cunégonde must be dead! He sees a couple who look undeniably happy, and bets with Martin that they are "most happy creatures"; Martin, of course, bets otherwise. Who of the couple is happy with life?
3. They hear of a man, Senator Pococurante, "who has never known grief". Candide is excited to meet him. It is true that Pococurante does not know grief, but is he a happy man?
4. Candide and Martin have dinner with six men, who all have something in common. What is it?
5. Cacambo appears at the dinner, with the news that Cunégonde is not in Venice, but somewhere else! He is now a slave, and Cunégonde a dishwasher for a prince, but where?
6. On the voyage, Candide spots among the convicts two people whom he believed to be dead. Who are they?
7. Candide is reunited with Cunégonde, but she has been blackened by the sun and her skin is very wrinkled. Despite thinking she is now ugly, Candide still wants to marry her.
8. Whom does the group consult about the problem of evil?
9. Do they live happily ever after?
10. What is the last line of the novella, which has become rather iconic? (Note: I have used the Penguin translation, but other translations might phrase the saying a bit differently.)
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