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kicyunya [14]
3 years ago
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In the country of Westphalia, in the castle of the most noble Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh, lived a youth whom Nature had endowe

d with a most sweet disposition. His face was the true index of his mind. He had a solid judgment joined to the most unaffected simplicity; and hence, I presume, he had his name of Candide. The old servants of the house suspected him to have been the son of the Baron's sister, by a very good sort of a gentleman of the neighborhood, whom that young lady refused to marry, because he could produce no more than threescore and eleven quarterings in his arms; the rest of the genealogical tree belonging to the family having been lost through the injuries of time.
—from Candide by Voltaire


1. Of which genre is Candide an example?


A. autobiography


B. satire


C. epic


D. prose poem


2. Which words best describe the tone of this selection?

A. mocking and matter-of-fact

B. serious and forbidding

C. earnest and respectful

D. informal and friendly
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1 answer:
blondinia [14]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

number 1 is B-Satire

number 2 is mabey A

i know the first one is right but if the second one is wrong im really sorry

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