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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Usbek's wife do as a form of amusement in his absence?
(a) Went home.
(b) Went to the country.
(c) Went to the lake.
(d) Went to town.

2. Why is Rustan supportive of Usbek according to the 5th letter?
(a) They are related.
(b) He is Usbek's employee.
(c) They are friends.
(d) He looks over Usbek's wives.

3. What are the men wasting their intelligence on according to letter 34?
(a) Unimportant matters.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Women's rights.
(d) Games of chance.

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

5. What is Usbek mourning in letter 76?
(a) A friend.
(b) A slave.
(c) One of his wives.
(d) The legislators' pitiful job.

6. What is the name of the white eunuch that broke the rule in letter 19?
(a) Rica.
(b) Nadir.
(c) Ibben.
(d) Rhedi.

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

8. What does Usbek use to appeal to his wives to behave?
(a) Their virtue.
(b) Physical punishment.
(c) Bribery.
(d) The head eunuch.

9. What happens to the girl's face in Zelis' story?
(a) It has too much makeup.
(b) It is cut.
(c) Nothing happens.
(d) It is burned.

10. How is Usbek's confidence toward who he left in charge of the Seraglio?
(a) Very low, he is fearful.
(b) None, he didn't want that person, but had no choice.
(c) Medium, he is confident, but had someone else double check regularly.
(d) Very high, he has no fear.

11. Who refused to become a eunuch according to letter 39?
(a) A white slave.
(b) A white servant.
(c) A poor farmer.
(d) A black slave.

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

13. What is debated in different parts of the world according to letter 36?
(a) The power of kings.
(b) Slavery.
(c) The rights of women.
(d) The rights of children.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the neighbors of the society described in letters 10 to 14 want from them?

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

3. What does the old man chosen to be the leader of the society described in letters 10 to 14 tell his people?

4. What does Usbek encounter in the streets of Paris?

5. How were the people of the society in letters 11 to 14 acting?

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