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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 46 - 65.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Usbek encounter in the streets of Paris?
(a) Stupidity.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Rudeness.
(d) Shyness.

2. 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.

3. For the common man, what are the consequences of having too many rules and regulations in religion according to Usbek?
(a) He doesn't know what pleases God.
(b) He follows them like a machine.
(c) He makes his own rules.
(d) He doesn't care about the rules.

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

5. Who does Usbek write the 44th letter to?
(a) Solim.
(b) The head eunuch.
(c) Roxan.
(d) Rhedi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the head of the black eunuchs want to made Pharan a eunuch, according to the letter he writes Usbek?

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

3. How does Usbek describe the period of time the people of the society fought with each other?

4. Why does the head of the black eunuchs write Usbek in the 39th letter?

5. What does the 10th letter ask Usbek?

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