A scholar in this work is awarded a sheep after demonstrating that its wool was red by A plus B, minus C, divided by Z. This work sees Don Issachar thrown on a dung pile after he is killed by the title character, who escapes the cannibalistic Biglugs with his valet, Cacambo.
A scholar in this work is awarded a sheep after demonstrating that its wool was red by A plus B, minus C, divided by Z. This work sees Don Issachar thrown on a dung pile after he is killed by the title character, who escapes the cannibalistic Biglugs with his valet, Cacambo. One character in this work, a daughter of Pope Urban X, had a buttock cut off to feed some starving men, while another character is hanged after an (*) earthquake in Lisbon. The title character of this work is banished from the castle of the Baron Thunder-ten- Tronckh after he kisses Cunégonde, and his mentor believes that the current world is the "best of all possible worlds." For ten points, name this satirical novel whose characters include the optimistic Pangloss, written by Voltaire.
A scholar in this work is awarded a sheep after demonstrating that its wool was red by A plus B, minus C, divided by Z. This work sees Don Issachar thrown on a dung pile after he is killed by the title character, who escapes the cannibalistic Biglugs with his valet, Cacambo.
{Candide}, ou l’Optimisme (or {Candide}: or, Optimism)