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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rica visit in letter 82?
(a) A monastery.
(b) Those wounded in battle.
(c) A European jail.
(d) A women's retreat.

2. According to Rica in letter 96, what changes quickly in France?
(a) Women.
(b) Kings.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Fashion.

3. What happens to the woman killed by her husband in the story in letter 135?
(a) She is taken as a slave in heaven.
(b) She enjoys great pleasures goes to heaven.
(c) She is reincarnated.
(d) She goes to hell.

4. What is the new king's biggest challenge according to Rica in letter 104?
(a) Whether to declare war on England or Spain.
(b) Whether or not to travel to Avignon or Lyon.
(c) Whether to take advice from his mistress or priest.
(d) Whether to marry a princess from Italy or Persia.

5. Whose habit does Usbek talk about in the 100th letter?
(a) French courtesans.
(b) French princes.
(c) Italian merchants.
(d) Persian princes.

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

7. What is Ubsek amazed with according to letter 95 to Ibben?
(a) How independent women are.
(b) How intelligent the king of France is.
(c) How long he has to wait to receive letters.
(d) That the rich can become poor so quickly.

8. Whose death is reported to Usbek in letter 141?
(a) Narsit.
(b) The head eunuch.
(c) Roxane.
(d) Zachi.

9. In letter 126, what does the philosopher believe will cause the death of all humans?
(a) A good place to live.
(b) A sun spot.
(c) A new star.
(d) A new planet.

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

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

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

13. What does Nargum wonder about the Tartar?
(a) If they cared about the condition of women.
(b) If they used horses.
(c) If they had slaves.
(d) If they accomplished more than people know.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is said to guarantee men's loyalty in Europe?

2. Whose lover was killed by the eunuchs in letter 149?

3. What is the quality that keeps people from fearing each other according to Usbek?

4. Who does Rica think is of no use according to letter 124?

5. How does Ubsek call the silliness he talks about in letter 98?

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