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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 114 - 124.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rica call those who mind everyone's business but their own?
(a) Owners.
(b) Busybodies.
(c) Idiots.
(d) Minders.

2. What does Rica ridicule in letter 80?
(a) European communication.
(b) European men.
(c) European women.
(d) European fashion.

3. For the common man, what are the consequences of having too many rules and regulations in religion according to Usbek?
(a) He doesn't know what pleases God.
(b) He doesn't care about the rules.
(c) He follows them like a machine.
(d) He makes his own rules.

4. What is the main topic of letter 34?
(a) Paris water systems.
(b) Paris churches.
(c) Paris aristocracy.
(d) Paris coffee houses.

5. What does Nargum lament concerning the Tartars?
(a) They don't have a written history.
(b) They don't know how to read or write.
(c) They don't have good food.
(d) They don't care about slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the quality that keeps people from fearing each other according to Usbek?

2. Who must work harder to be accepted in a society according to Usbek?

3. Why does the head of the black eunuchs write Usbek in the 39th letter?

4. What are the men wasting their intelligence on according to letter 34?

5. What does Usbek think of the rituals intended to pacify the gods?

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