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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the woman in letter 93 purchased for?
(a) Usbek's sister.
(b) Usbek's father.
(c) Usbek's friend.
(d) Usbek's brother.

2. Who is Usbek writing to in letter 119?
(a) Zachi.
(b) Mehemet Ali.
(c) The great mogul.
(d) Rica.

3. What king died according to letter 122?
(a) King of Italy.
(b) King of France.
(c) King of Sweden.
(d) King of Spain.

4. In letter 93, where is the woman from whom the head women eunuch purchases?
(a) Visapor.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Persepolis.
(d) Paris.

5. What does the monk in letter 129 think of astrological books?
(a) They are accurate.
(b) They are too big.
(c) They cannot be read easily.
(d) They are pitiful.

6. Whose lover was killed by the eunuchs in letter 149?
(a) Fatme's.
(b) Zachi's.
(c) Roxane's.
(d) Zelis'.

7. How many times does Usbek say the Muslims were struck down by God?
(a) 2 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 1 time.

8. What would the French rather copy than create according to Rica in letter 97?
(a) Laws.
(b) Games.
(c) Gold.
(d) Fashion.

9. What are the moral reasons for the dwindling population according to Usbek?
(a) Monogamy and forced marriage.
(b) Forced marriage.
(c) Polygamy and divorce.
(d) Independent women.

10. What does Rica write about in letter 120?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Hell.
(c) Persia.
(d) Paris.

11. According to Usbek, what choice do the tax laws leave men to choose between?
(a) Virtue and intelligence.
(b) Women and money.
(c) Life and land.
(d) Life and money.

12. What answer does Usbek give to the central question of letter 114?
(a) Slave trade.
(b) Too many kingdoms.
(c) Not enough shade.
(d) Not enough roads.

13. What does Nargum lament concerning the Tartars?
(a) They don't have good food.
(b) They don't care about slaves.
(c) They don't know how to read or write.
(d) They don't have a written history.

14. What does Usbek think of inhabited countries?
(a) They should be left that way.
(b) They should be used for farming.
(c) They should be used by slaves.
(d) They should be populated.

15. What does the head slave think will happen to the women in the seraglio when a new woman is brought there?
(a) They will be happy.
(b) They will leave.
(c) They will revolt.
(d) They will behave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What books do Rica and the curator talk about according to letter 128?

2. Who gives Usbek the information in letter 100?

3. What is the subject of letter 121?

4. What are the topics of letters 87 and 88?

5. What does Rica consider himself to be a good example of?

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