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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Usbek order the black eunuch to do?
(a) Kill a slave.
(b) Not touch Pharan until his return.
(c) Buy a new eunuch.
(d) Turn Pharan into a eunuch.

2. What would have happened to the men Usbek described as depraved in letter 46?
(a) Banishment.
(b) Castration.
(c) Death.
(d) Prison.

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

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

5. What does the old man chosen to be the leader of the society described in letters 10 to 14 tell his people?
(a) That they should take the fight to their neighbors.
(b) That choosing a leader will be their downfall.
(c) That choosing him was a good idea.
(d) That they should change the way they farm.

6. How did the society in letters 10 to 14 fare after it stabilized?
(a) They became extinct.
(b) They moved to another land.
(c) They multiplied into a whole country of virtuous people.
(d) They multiplied into a country of vicious people.

7. What kind of people does Rica dislike?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Shameless.
(c) Prideful.
(d) European.

8. From whose excrement does the pig come from according to the Mullah in letter 17?
(a) Men.
(b) Elephant.
(c) Horse.
(d) Cow.

9. Who is trying to steal Zephis's slave?
(a) Zachi.
(b) The chief eunuch.
(c) Fatme.
(d) Rustan.

10. Who wrote letter 10 to Usbek?
(a) Mirza.
(b) Zachi.
(c) Fatme.
(d) Ibbi.

11. Why does the head of the black eunuchs write Usbek in the 39th letter?
(a) One eunuch is sick.
(b) One eunuch died.
(c) One eunuch wants to marry.
(d) One eunuch fled.

12. Who is Rica dining with in letter 66?
(a) Usbek.
(b) A king.
(c) A man who works in the law.
(d) A Jewish doctor.

13. Who was Zachi found with according to letter 19?
(a) Another concubine.
(b) A white eunuch.
(c) A black eunuch.
(d) A former slave.

14. Where is Usbek when he writes Letter 18?
(a) Syria.
(b) Paris.
(c) Smyrna.
(d) Persia.

15. In the 1st letter, what is Usbek trying to explain?
(a) His desire to learn about other places.
(b) His desire to have a bigger harem.
(c) His desire to meet Rustan.
(d) His desire to settle down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who weds in letter 51?

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

3. How long has Usbek been in Paris by the time he sends letter 22?

4. What is Usbek mourning in letter 76?

5. What is debated in different parts of the world according to letter 36?

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