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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of Usbek's wives writes the 3rd letter back to him?
(a) Ibbi.
(b) Jasmin.
(c) Jamilla.
(d) Zachi.

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

3. What is powerless according to Rica in letter 71?
(a) The French Academy.
(b) The French Navy.
(c) The French king.
(d) The French government.

4. What does Usbek tell Zelis he is proud of in letter 69?
(a) His wives.
(b) His intellect.
(c) Her love for her daughter.
(d) Her love for him.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is debated in different parts of the world according to letter 36?

2. Whose bodies are treated in a cruel manner in Europe?

3. What makes family life more orderly according to Usbek's experience?

4. Who was Zachi found with according to letter 19?

5. What activities can Usbek's wives do in his absence?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the women described by Rica in letter 23 against the Constitution?

2. What is the relationship between the head eunuch and Jaron, the eunuch Usbeck brought with him according to the supplementary letters?

3. What happened to the Troglodytes according to Usbek?

4. What do the women Rica use as an example do to be called noble by Rica?

5. What does Rica think of his visit to the library according to letters 127 to 131?

6. What does Usbek discover about Paris coffee houses according to letter 34?

7. What people does Rica speak of in letter 48?

8. What do we learn about the situation in Usbek's Persian home in letter 39?

9. What does the republic result from according to Rica in Letter 125?

10. Why do women gamble in France according to Usbek?

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