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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 100 - 113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the men wasting their intelligence on according to letter 34?
(a) Games of chance.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Women's rights.
(d) Unimportant matters.

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

3. What is notable about Venice according to letter 29?
(a) There are no modest women.
(b) There are no magicians.
(c) There are no Muslims.
(d) There is no fresh water.

4. In letter 93, where is the woman from whom the head women eunuch purchases?
(a) Persepolis.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Visapor.
(d) Paris.

5. What people does Usbek use to make his point in letters 11 to 14?
(a) The Troglodytes.
(b) The Egyptians.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Romans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Usbek's wives would still love him even if she was let go from the seraglio?

2. From whose excrement does the pig come from according to the Mullah in letter 17?

3. What does the Mullah advise Usbek to refer to to find answers to his questions in letter 17?

4. Who was the woman in letter 93 purchased for?

5. How does Usbek describe the king of France and the pope?

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