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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Zelis do while being in public?
(a) She allowed her veil to fall.
(b) She was talking with a man.
(c) She was smiling.
(d) She was singing.

2. What does the eunuch ask Usbek in letter 93?
(a) To come back.
(b) To repudiate a wife.
(c) To send him money.
(d) To bring back more eunuchs.

3. Why does the man in Usbek's story in letter 98 claim to always be right?
(a) He was enlightened by the Holy Spirit.
(b) He is rich.
(c) He is highly educated.
(d) He travels frequently.

4. Why does the head eunuch think he is good at buying women?
(a) He loves all women.
(b) He is good at negotiating prices.
(c) He is not attracted to them.
(d) He wants one for himself.

5. What king died according to letter 122?
(a) King of Italy.
(b) King of France.
(c) King of Sweden.
(d) King of Spain.

6. According to Rica in letter 96, what changes quickly in France?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Kings.
(c) Fashion.
(d) Women.

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

8. What happens to the woman killed by her husband in the story in letter 135?
(a) She is taken as a slave in heaven.
(b) She enjoys great pleasures goes to heaven.
(c) She is reincarnated.
(d) She goes to hell.

9. What does Usbek think of the rituals intended to pacify the gods?
(a) Beneficial.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Boring.
(d) Useless.

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

11. What letter does Rica say is causing confusion at the university he visits in letter 106?
(a) Q.
(b) W.
(c) B.
(d) G.

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

13. Who does Usbek give authority over the women in the seraglio in letter 146?
(a) Solim.
(b) Narsit.
(c) Zachi.
(d) Roxane.

14. What is the consequence feared by Rhedi in letter 102 once men learn enough about science?
(a) Man will destroy itself.
(b) Men will kill the gods.
(c) Men will create artificial intelligence.
(d) Men will go to the moon.

15. Who does Rica think is of no use according to letter 124?
(a) Newsmongers.
(b) Warmongers.
(c) Truth mongers.
(d) Senators.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to letter 140 according Narsit?

2. What are the topics of letters 87 and 88?

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

4. According to Usbek, what choice do the tax laws leave men to choose between?

5. What novels shocked the monk in letter 130 more than the novels found in Europe?

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