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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 problems arise for Usbek during his trip according to the letter he writes to Nessir?
(a) He ran out of money.
(b) He fell for a western woman.
(c) His slave escaped.
(d) His health is failing.

2. What women does Usbek compare in letter 36?
(a) Beautiful and ugly.
(b) Persian and Parisian.
(c) Docile women and free thinkers.
(d) Young and old.

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

4. 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 is reincarnated.
(c) She goes to hell.
(d) She enjoys great pleasures goes to heaven.

5. Who was the woman in letter 93 purchased for?
(a) Usbek's sister.
(b) Usbek's friend.
(c) Usbek's father.
(d) Usbek's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the head slave think will happen to the women in the seraglio when a new woman is brought there?

2. From whose excrement does the pig come from according to the Mullah in letter 17?

3. How many families survived the early stage of the society's creation?

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

5. What does Rustan write to Usbek about the community's view on Usbek's trip?

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