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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Usbek tell Zelis he is proud of in letter 69?
(a) His wives.
(b) Her love for her daughter.
(c) Her love for him.
(d) His intellect.

2. What are Usbek's feelings about his decision to leave?
(a) He didn't think about the consequences.
(b) He is ill at ease.
(c) He is confident.
(d) He changed his mind.

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

4. According to letter 15, where does the Mullah live?
(a) In Baghdad.
(b) In Mecca.
(c) In Persepolis.
(d) Among the tombs of Qum.

5. What happened to Zachi and her servant according to letter 45?
(a) They hate each other.
(b) They killed each other.
(c) They fled together.
(d) They reconciled.

6. What is the name of Zephis's slave?
(a) Zazoo.
(b) Zachi.
(c) Zelide.
(d) Fatme.

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

8. What activities can Usbek's wives do in his absence?
(a) Only horseback riding.
(b) Nothing; they have to be confined at all time.
(c) Any moral and accepted activities.
(d) Only immoral activities.

9. According to letter 33, what parallel does Usbek make?
(a) The parallel between Christianity and Islam.
(b) The parallel between slaves and eunuchs.
(c) The parallel between men and slaves.
(d) The parallel between men and women.

10. How were the people of the society in letters 11 to 14 acting?
(a) In a way that benefited only their own personal interest.
(b) In a way that benefited the ruling cast.
(c) In a way that benefited women.
(d) In a way that benefited the greater good.

11. Who is Usbek writing letter 33 to?
(a) Gemchid.
(b) Zachi.
(c) Rhedi.
(d) Pharam.

12. Why did the master of the white eunuch avoid his punishment according to letter 19?
(a) His ability to serve.
(b) Usbek's good temperament.
(c) How hard it is to find a eunuch.
(d) His ability to cook.

13. What does Usbek encounter in the streets of Paris?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Rudeness.
(c) Shyness.
(d) Stupidity.

14. Who did Usbek leave in charge of his seraglio?
(a) His son.
(b) His chief eunuch.
(c) His first wife.
(d) Rustan.

15. What argument does Usbek use as an example in letter 34?
(a) Argument about the validity of humanism.
(b) Argument about the death of a king.
(c) Argument about the birthplace of a Greek poet.
(d) Argument about the death of a French entrepreneur.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the men wasting their intelligence on according to letter 34?

2. Who wrote letter 10 to Usbek?

3. What does the 10th letter ask Usbek?

4. What does the Mullah tell Usbek he has little of?

5. Which of Usbek's wives writes the 3rd letter back to him?

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