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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Zephis's slave?
(a) Zazoo.
(b) Zelide.
(c) Fatme.
(d) Zachi.

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

3. According to Usbek, why is the city he is in in letter 18 considered great or powerful?
(a) It has a great market.
(b) It has a great college.
(c) It raised a great army.
(d) It was taken over by Europeans.

4. What did Usbek uncover prior to his trip?
(a) A conspiracy
(b) A gold mine
(c) A murder.
(d) Some failing

5. What is the main topic of letter 34?
(a) Paris churches.
(b) Paris aristocracy.
(c) Paris coffee houses.
(d) Paris water systems.

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

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

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

9. What does Rustan write to Usbek about the community's view on Usbek's trip?
(a) The community is indifferent.
(b) The community does not know he left.
(c) The community is waiting for more of his stories.
(d) The community is talking badly about Usbek.

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

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

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

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

14. How many families survived the early stage of the society's creation?
(a) 2 families.
(b) 1 family.
(c) 4 families.
(d) 3 families.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Mullah advise Usbek to refer to to find answers to his questions in letter 17?

2. Which of Usbek's wives would still love him even if she was let go from the seraglio?

3. How is Zachi and Zelide's relationship according to the 19th letter?

4. What women does Usbek compare in letter 36?

5. What profession does one of the men Usbek meet claim to have in letter 46?

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