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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 93 - 99.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do French women gamble, according to Usbek?
(a) Because they like it.
(b) To ruin their husbands.
(c) Because they need money.
(d) To be like men.

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

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

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

5. What is the main topic of letter 67?
(a) The law.
(b) Marriage.
(c) God.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much punishment should a government apply to the people in order to make them respect the law according to Usbek?

3. What does the old man chosen to be the leader of the society described in letters 10 to 14 tell his people?

4. What do the wives who are not beaten believe in Nargum's letter?

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

(see the answer key)

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