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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who writes letter 143 to Usbek?
(a) Roxane.
(b) Solim.
(c) Narsit.
(d) Zachi.

3. What books do Rica and the curator talk about according to letter 128?
(a) Husbandry.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Philosophy.

4. What is the main question asked by letter 114?
(a) Why is Africa so hot?
(b) Why is Africa divided?
(c) Why is Africa so big?
(d) Why is Africa depopulating?

5. What does Usbek think of the rituals intended to pacify the gods?
(a) Beneficial.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Useless.
(d) Boring.

6. What letter does Rica say is causing confusion at the university he visits in letter 106?
(a) B.
(b) G.
(c) Q.
(d) W.

7. What is the quality that keeps people from fearing each other according to Usbek?
(a) Strength.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Justice.
(d) Love.

8. 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 revolt.
(c) They will leave.
(d) They will behave.

9. Who was Zachi found in bed with?
(a) A man.
(b) A woman.
(c) A slave.
(d) A eunuch.

10. What are the topics of letters 87 and 88?
(a) War and peace.
(b) Glory and fame.
(c) Wives and concubines.
(d) Men and women.

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

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

13. What does Nargum write about the Tartars to Usbek?
(a) Their slaves.
(b) Their women.
(c) Their food.
(d) Their power.

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

15. What is the subject of letter 121?
(a) The Persian ambassador arriving in the country.
(b) The Persian grand Mogul accessing the throne.
(c) The Persian ambassador leaving the country.
(d) The Persian government deposing the grand mogul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who must work harder to be accepted in a society according to Usbek?

2. What answer does Usbek give to the central question of letter 114?

3. What does Rica visit according to letter 127 to 131?

4. What does the western woman talking to Rica not like about Persian culture?

5. What does Nargum wonder about the Tartar?

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