1. Who are the characters living in the palace at Westphalia?
The characters living in the palace at Westphalia are the Baron of Thunder-ten-Tronckh, Candide, the Baron’s lady, the Baron’s daughter Cunegonde, and the son Pangloss.
2. What is “experimental physics” in which Dr. Pangloss is so well-versed?
The experimental physics that Dr. Pangloss is so well-versed in is proving that there is no effect without a cause.
3. What transpires to result in Candide’s expulsion from the palace?
The Baron of Thunder-ten-Tronckh caught Candide kissing his daughter, Cunegonde, behind a screen and therefore the Baron expelled Candide from the palace.
4. After drifting to a nearby village, whom does he encounter?
Candide encounters two men dressed in blue.
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He then decides to go for a walk, but is kidnapped by four heroes of six feet who take him to a dungeon and put him through a series of human tortures. Candide is then saved by the King of the Bulgarian, who sees what is happening and gives Candide a pardon. Candide is then healed by a surgeon and later marches again for the King of the Bulgarians.
6. How are Voltaire’s anti-war sentiments obvious in chapter three?
Voltaire’s anti-war sentiments are obvious in chapter three by the way he describes the events of the battle so vividly. For example, “old men covered with wounds… hugging their children to their bloody breasts, massacred before their faces… while others, half burnt in the flames, begged to be despatched. The earth was strewed with brains, arms, and legs.” The savagery and massacre described by Voltaire throughout chapter three clearly explains Voltaire’s bias for antiwar.
7. Describe Candide’s encounter with the Protestant preacher.
When Candide encounters the protestant preacher he is desperate for food and water after escaping the war. Candide desperation frustrates the preacher because Candide does not show any interest in his questions. The orator and his wife later take Candide in to their house and revive