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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 10 - 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to letter 15, where does the Mullah live?
(a) In Mecca.
(b) Among the tombs of Qum.
(c) In Baghdad.
(d) In Persepolis.

2. What activities can Usbek's wives do in his absence?
(a) Any moral and accepted activities.
(b) Only immoral activities.
(c) Only horseback riding.
(d) Nothing; they have to be confined at all time.

3. What people does Usbek use to make his point in letters 11 to 14?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The Egyptians.
(d) The Troglodytes.

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

5. What is the chief eunuch's main problem in being left behind to guard Usbek's wives?
(a) He wanted to travel.
(b) He is attracted to the women.
(c) He is bored.
(d) He is overwhelmed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Usbek hope the Mullah can help him with?

2. How is Usbek's confidence toward who he left in charge of the Seraglio?

3. What do the society described in letters 10 to 14 do when their neighbors attack them?

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

5. In the 1st letter, what is Usbek trying to explain?

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