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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do French women gamble, according to Usbek?
(a) To be like men.
(b) Because they need money.
(c) To ruin their husbands.
(d) Because they like it.

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

3. What does Rica do to blend in in Paris?
(a) He grows a beard.
(b) He wears a top hat.
(c) He gets drunk.
(d) He wears western clothes.

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

5. What does Usbek say in letter 19 that the white eunuch should be thankful for?
(a) Not being beaten.
(b) Not being fired.
(c) Not being sold.
(d) Not being dead.

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

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

8. How is a person's superiority proven in Persia?
(a) By his fortune.
(b) By the number of his wives.
(c) By his kindness.
(d) By his feelings of superiority.

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

10. What does Usbek conclude a government should take into consideration when handling punishments?
(a) The strength of the people.
(b) What other countries do.
(c) The personalities of the people.
(d) The accused person's religion.

11. Why did two men die when the women took a trip to the country?
(a) They tried to attack them.
(b) They were beggars.
(c) They came too close to the ladies' vehicle.
(d) They were escaped slaves.

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

13. What do the wives who are not beaten believe in Nargum's letter?
(a) That they are lucky.
(b) That they are pretty.
(c) That they are doing good.
(d) That they are not loved.

14. Which of Usbek's wives would still love him even if she was let go from the seraglio?
(a) Zephis.
(b) Fatme.
(c) Zachi.
(d) Zelide.

15. Where is Usbek's house located?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Baghdad.
(c) Ispahan.
(d) Mecca.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote letter 10 to Usbek?

2. What do the society described in letters 10 to 14 do when their neighbors attack them?

3. From whose excrement does the pig come from according to the Mullah in letter 17?

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

5. How is the Ottoman Empire according to Usbek?

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