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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes family life more orderly according to Usbek's experience?
(a) Being forbidden to discipline children.
(b) Being allowed to discipline children.
(c) A strong father.
(d) A strong mother.

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

3. What did the neighbors of the society described in letters 10 to 14 want from them?
(a) To steal their land.
(b) To steal their women.
(c) To steal their ruler.
(d) To steal their flocks or livestock.

4. How long has Usbek been in Paris by the time he sends letter 22?
(a) He just arrived.
(b) Over three months.
(c) Over a week.
(d) Over a month

5. What is Usbek mourning in letter 76?
(a) The legislators' pitiful job.
(b) A friend.
(c) One of his wives.
(d) A slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of people does Rica dislike?

2. Who wrote letter 10 to Usbek?

3. Why does the man in Usbek's story in letter 98 claim to always be right?

4. Why did the neighbors of the society described in letters 10 to 14 become jealous?

5. What happens to the girl's face in Zelis' story?

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