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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 125 - 138.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ubsek amazed with according to letter 95 to Ibben?
(a) How intelligent the king of France is.
(b) How long he has to wait to receive letters.
(c) How independent women are.
(d) That the rich can become poor so quickly.

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

3. Who does Rica visit in letter 82?
(a) A monastery.
(b) Those wounded in battle.
(c) A European jail.
(d) A women's retreat.

4. What are the men wasting their intelligence on according to letter 34?
(a) Women's rights.
(b) Unimportant matters.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Games of chance.

5. Why did the neighbors of the society described in letters 10 to 14 become jealous?
(a) They had better land.
(b) They have more women.
(c) They had a better leader.
(d) The society was more bountiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes family life more orderly according to Usbek's experience?

2. Why is Rustan supportive of Usbek according to the 5th letter?

3. What does Rica think of the man that introduced him to the library?

4. What do Persian women defend even after their marriage?

5. What does Usbek request of his correspondent in the 1st letter?

(see the answer key)

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