In Candide, describe one instance in which Voltaire is criticizing the government and one in which he is criticizing the church of the 18th century.

A great
example of 's satirizing of religion comes whenis in Holland, begging for food from a Protestant
minister. Instead of showing Christian charity towards Candide and saving him from starvation,
the minister inquires whether he believes that the pope is the Anti-Christ, a common position
among Calvinists at the time. When Candide doesn't answer in the affirmative, the minister
refuses him any assistance. What Voltaire is attacking here is the tendency of too many
religious people to be more concerned with doctrinal orthodoxy that the core Christian virtues
of faith, hope, and charity.

An example of Voltaire's critique of
government, especially absolutist monarchical government, comes when Candide dines with six
kings. Each monarch regales him with tales of woe of how they've lost their kingdoms and how
much blood and treasure it cost them. Yet none of these kings seems to have...