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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 100 - 113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Usbek's confidence toward who he left in charge of the Seraglio?
(a) None, he didn't want that person, but had no choice.
(b) Very low, he is fearful.
(c) Very high, he has no fear.
(d) Medium, he is confident, but had someone else double check regularly.

2. Who refused to become a eunuch according to letter 39?
(a) A poor farmer.
(b) A black slave.
(c) A white slave.
(d) A white servant.

3. What women does Usbek compare in letter 36?
(a) Persian and Parisian.
(b) Young and old.
(c) Docile women and free thinkers.
(d) Beautiful and ugly.

4. What is powerless according to Rica in letter 71?
(a) The French Navy.
(b) The French government.
(c) The French king.
(d) The French Academy.

5. What does Nargum lament concerning the Tartars?
(a) They don't have a written history.
(b) They don't know how to read or write.
(c) They don't care about slaves.
(d) They don't have good food.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rica do to blend in in Paris?

3. What does the head slave think will happen to the women in the seraglio when a new woman is brought there?

4. Whose habit does Usbek talk about in the 100th letter?

5. What does Usbek conclude a government should take into consideration when handling punishments?

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