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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. What keeps Usbek busy in letter 46?
(a) Travel.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Acquisition of knowledge.
(d) Drinking.
2. What is Usbek surprised with in Italy?
(a) The low amount of eunuchs.
(b) The taste of wine.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Women's freedom.
3. What is Usbek mourning in letter 76?
(a) A friend.
(b) A slave.
(c) The legislators' pitiful job.
(d) One of his wives.
4. What argument does Usbek use as an example in letter 34?
(a) Argument about the death of a French entrepreneur.
(b) Argument about the birthplace of a Greek poet.
(c) Argument about the death of a king.
(d) Argument about the validity of humanism.
5. Why is Rustan supportive of Usbek according to the 5th letter?
(a) He looks over Usbek's wives.
(b) They are friends.
(c) They are related.
(d) He is Usbek's employee.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Usbek tell Zelis he is proud of in letter 69?
2. What does the Mullah advise Usbek to refer to to find answers to his questions in letter 17?
3. How is Zachi and Zelide's relationship according to the 19th letter?
4. What do the wives who are not beaten believe in Nargum's letter?
5. How is Usbek's confidence toward who he left in charge of the Seraglio?
Short Essay Questions
1. What conclusion does Rica send to Ibben concerning the difference between men of different cultures?
2. Why do women gamble in France according to Usbek?
3. What does Usbek request from Rustan in his first letter following his departure?
4. Who is forced to leave France and why according to Rica?
5. What does Usbek say about countries inhabited by undomesticated people?
6. What do we learn about the situation in Usbek's Persian home in letter 39?
7. In letter 105, what does Usbek think is popular in Europe and who do they cater to?
8. Why does the head eunuch want Usbek to return home?
9. What sentiment does Usbek have about his decision about the guardian of his wives and home?
10. What are Usbek's orders concerning Pharan after reading both the head eunuch and Pharan's letters?
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