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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 18 - 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Usbek's house located?
(a) Baghdad.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Mecca.
(d) Ispahan.

2. What did Usbek's wife do as a form of amusement in his absence?
(a) Went to the country.
(b) Went to the lake.
(c) Went home.
(d) Went to town.

3. What is Usbek surprised with in Italy?
(a) The low amount of eunuchs.
(b) The taste of wine.
(c) Women's freedom.
(d) Democracy.

4. What does Usbek use letters 11 to 14 for?
(a) To complain about his travel condition.
(b) To ridicule his wife.
(c) To describe Baghdad to Rustan.
(d) To answer Mirza's question.

5. What is discussed about the society from letters 11 to 14?
(a) It's members do not drink milk.
(b) It has no rulers.
(c) It does not have women.
(d) It does not have sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the master of the white eunuch avoid his punishment according to letter 19?

2. What is the chief eunuch's main problem in being left behind to guard Usbek's wives?

3. What does the Mullah tell Usbek he has little of?

4. According to Usbek, why is the city he is in in letter 18 considered great or powerful?

5. How does Usbek describe the king of France and the pope?

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