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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to letter 33, what parallel does Usbek make?
(a) The parallel between Christianity and Islam.
(b) The parallel between slaves and eunuchs.
(c) The parallel between men and slaves.
(d) The parallel between men and women.

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

3. What does Usbek think the law is for in a monarchy?
(a) To determine how far justice can be violated.
(b) To keep the king in power.
(c) To show how advanced the society is.
(d) To determine what is best for the citizen.

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

5. Why does Usbek think the Jews were able to repopulate themselves several times according to letter 115?
(a) They think they need to be fruitful.
(b) They need a larger army.
(c) They need more workers.
(d) They think a king will be born among them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rica visit in letter 82?

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

3. What does Nargum write about the Tartars to Usbek?

4. What does Usbek think of inhabited countries?

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

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