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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 125 - 138.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the usual punishment for the eunuch's crime according to letter 19?
(a) Death.
(b) Prison.
(c) Beating.
(d) Banishment.

2. What would the French rather copy than create according to Rica in letter 97?
(a) Gold.
(b) Games.
(c) Fashion.
(d) Laws.

3. What books do Rica and the curator talk about according to letter 128?
(a) Husbandry.
(b) Sculpture.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Philosophy.

4. What does the old man chosen to be the leader of the society described in letters 10 to 14 tell his people?
(a) That choosing a leader will be their downfall.
(b) That they should take the fight to their neighbors.
(c) That choosing him was a good idea.
(d) That they should change the way they farm.

5. Why did two men die when the women took a trip to the country?
(a) They came too close to the ladies' vehicle.
(b) They tried to attack them.
(c) They were escaped slaves.
(d) They were beggars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Usbek tell Zelis he is proud of in letter 69?

3. Who wrote letter 10 to Usbek?

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

5. In the 1st letter, what is Usbek trying to explain?

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