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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Usbek describe the period of time the people of the society fought with each other?
(a) Full of promises.
(b) Weak and unjust.
(c) Short.
(d) Bloody.

2. What do Persian women defend even after their marriage?
(a) Their freedom.
(b) Their virginity.
(c) Their right to learn.
(d) Their right to travel.

3. From whose excrement does the pig come from according to the Mullah in letter 17?
(a) Elephant.
(b) Men.
(c) Horse.
(d) Cow.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to letter 33, what parallel does Usbek make?

2. How long has Usbek been in Paris by the time he sends letter 22?

3. What does the Mullah advise Usbek to refer to to find answers to his questions in letter 17?

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

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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