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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 does Rica do to blend in in Paris?
(a) He gets drunk.
(b) He wears a top hat.
(c) He wears western clothes.
(d) He grows a beard.

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

3. Where is Usbek's house located?
(a) Baghdad.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Ispahan.

4. What does the woman killed by her husband in the story in letter 135 do to her husband as retribution?
(a) She sends a woman to kill him.
(b) She sends a double to replace him in the seraglio.
(c) She sends a ghost to torment him.
(d) She sends a man to turn him into a eunuch.

5. What does Usbek think the law is for in a monarchy?
(a) To determine what is best for the citizen.
(b) To keep the king in power.
(c) To show how advanced the society is.
(d) To determine how far justice can be violated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Usbek writing to in letter 119?

2. What does Usbek tell Rhedi is dangerous in letter 103?

3. What is the usual punishment for the eunuch's crime according to letter 19?

4. What is powerless according to Rica in letter 71?

5. Why did the master of the white eunuch avoid his punishment according to letter 19?

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