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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What people does Usbek use to make his point in letters 11 to 14?
(a) The Romans.
(b) The Troglodytes.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Egyptians.

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

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

7. How does Usbek describe the king of France and the pope?
(a) As magicians.
(b) As great men.
(c) As crooks.
(d) As stupid.

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

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

10. 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 change the way they farm.
(b) That they should take the fight to their neighbors.
(c) That choosing him was a good idea.
(d) That choosing a leader will be their downfall.

11. Why does the head of the black eunuchs want to made Pharan a eunuch, according to the letter he writes Usbek?
(a) Pharan used to bully the eunuchs.
(b) Pharan made a joke about the eunuchs.
(c) Pharan is better paid.
(d) Pharan married a woman coveted by the head of the black eunuchs.

12. What is notable about Venice according to letter 29?
(a) There are no magicians.
(b) There is no fresh water.
(c) There are no Muslims.
(d) There are no modest women.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is common in Europe according to Rica?

2. What is the main topic of letter 34?

3. What problems arise for Usbek during his trip according to the letter he writes to Nessir?

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

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

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