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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Zelis do while being in public?
(a) She was talking with a man.
(b) She allowed her veil to fall.
(c) She was singing.
(d) She was smiling.

4. Who does Usbek give authority over the women in the seraglio in letter 146?
(a) Solim.
(b) Narsit.
(c) Roxane.
(d) Zachi.

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

6. What are Armenians for the Persian empire according to Usbek?
(a) It's best soldiers.
(b) It's worse citizens.
(c) It's worse soldiers.
(d) It's hardest working citizens.

7. Who writes letter 139 to Usbek?
(a) Zelis.
(b) Narsit.
(c) Zachi.
(d) The head eunuch.

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

9. What is the consequence feared by Rhedi in letter 102 once men learn enough about science?
(a) Men will kill the gods.
(b) Men will go to the moon.
(c) Men will create artificial intelligence.
(d) Man will destroy itself.

10. Why does Usbek think the Jews were able to repopulate themselves several times according to letter 115?
(a) They need more workers.
(b) They think a king will be born among them.
(c) They need a larger army.
(d) They think they need to be fruitful.

11. What does Rica consider himself to be a good example of?
(a) Good manners.
(b) Marital love.
(c) Faith.
(d) Honesty.

12. According to Rica, what do the French prefer to follow when it comes to fashion?
(a) Persian.
(b) French.
(c) British.
(d) Italian.

13. What novels shocked the monk in letter 130 more than the novels found in Europe?
(a) Novels from India.
(b) Novels from China.
(c) Novels from the Americas.
(d) Novels from Persia.

14. What happened to letter 140 according Narsit?
(a) It was burned.
(b) It was lost.
(c) It was ignored.
(d) It was not read.

15. Who entered in the house occupied by Usbek's wives during the time they spent in the country?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Men.
(d) Friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Usbek the information in letter 100?

2. What does Usbek think the law is for in a monarchy?

3. What does Rica think of the man that introduced him to the library?

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

5. What does Nargum write about the Tartars to Usbek?

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