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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 order the black eunuch to do?
(a) Not touch Pharan until his return.
(b) Buy a new eunuch.
(c) Turn Pharan into a eunuch.
(d) Kill a slave.

2. According to letter 33, what parallel does Usbek make?
(a) The parallel between men and women.
(b) The parallel between men and slaves.
(c) The parallel between Christianity and Islam.
(d) The parallel between slaves and eunuchs.

3. How is the Ottoman Empire according to Usbek?
(a) Troubled.
(b) At war.
(c) Recovering.
(d) Expanding.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How were the people of the society in letters 11 to 14 acting?

4. What does Usbek encounter in the streets of Paris?

5. What does the old man chosen to be the leader of the society described in letters 10 to 14 tell his people?

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