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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 18 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Usbek been in Paris by the time he sends letter 22?
(a) He just arrived.
(b) Over a month
(c) Over three months.
(d) Over a week.

2. What does the Mullah tell Usbek he has little of?
(a) Food.
(b) Wives.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Land.

3. From whose excrement does the pig come from according to the Mullah in letter 17?
(a) Men.
(b) Horse.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Cow.

4. What does Usbek request of his correspondent in the 1st letter?
(a) Take care of his wives.
(b) Join him.
(c) Become his eunuch.
(d) Tell him what people say of his voyage.

5. Who is trying to steal Zephis's slave?
(a) Zachi.
(b) The chief eunuch.
(c) Fatme.
(d) Rustan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Ottoman Empire according to Usbek?

2. What people does Usbek use to make his point in letters 11 to 14?

3. What does Rica do to blend in in Paris?

4. What does Usbek say in letter 19 that the white eunuch should be thankful for?

5. What do the society described in letters 10 to 14 do when their neighbors attack them?

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