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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Supplementary Letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rica call those who mind everyone's business but their own?
(a) Owners.
(b) Minders.
(c) Busybodies.
(d) Idiots.

2. What is Rica writing about in letter 106?
(a) University of London.
(b) University of Milan.
(c) University of Paris.
(d) University of London.

3. What are the topics of letters 87 and 88?
(a) Wives and concubines.
(b) Glory and fame.
(c) Men and women.
(d) War and peace.

4. How is a person's superiority proven in Persia?
(a) By his kindness.
(b) By the number of his wives.
(c) By his feelings of superiority.
(d) By his fortune.

5. What is the main topic of letter 67?
(a) Women.
(b) Marriage.
(c) God.
(d) The law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who must work harder to be accepted in a society according to Usbek?

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

3. In who does Usbek confide about his fear about what his happening to his wives?

4. What does the western woman talking to Rica not like about Persian culture?

5. Why does Roxane send Usbek letter 150?

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