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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What profession does one of the men Usbek meet claim to have in letter 46?
(a) Journalist.
(b) Eunuch.
(c) Stringing ladies along.
(d) Priest.

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

4. What women does Usbek compare in letter 36?
(a) Beautiful and ugly.
(b) Docile women and free thinkers.
(c) Persian and Parisian.
(d) Young and old.

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

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

7. What does the Mullah advise Usbek to refer to to find answers to his questions in letter 17?
(a) Traditions of the Doctors.
(b) The Mullah's book.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Qur'an.

8. How is the Ottoman Empire according to Usbek?
(a) Expanding.
(b) Troubled.
(c) At war.
(d) Recovering.

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

10. What is the usual punishment for the eunuch's crime according to letter 19?
(a) Beating.
(b) Banishment.
(c) Prison.
(d) Death.

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

12. What did the neighbors of the society described in letters 10 to 14 want from them?
(a) To steal their women.
(b) To steal their flocks or livestock.
(c) To steal their ruler.
(d) To steal their land.

13. How is Zachi and Zelide's relationship according to the 19th letter?
(a) They do not like each other.
(b) They are rivals.
(c) They are good friends.
(d) They don't know each other.

14. What does Usbek hope will spread to the rest of the world from Europe?
(a) Peace between religions.
(b) Monogamy.
(c) Christianity.
(d) European monarchy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Usbek use letters 11 to 14 for?

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

3. What does Rustan write to Usbek about the community's view on Usbek's trip?

4. What is the chief eunuch's main problem in being left behind to guard Usbek's wives?

5. According to Pharan, what would be the result of turning him into a eunuch?

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