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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. In the 1st letter, what is Usbek trying to explain?
(a) His desire to learn about other places.
(b) His desire to settle down.
(c) His desire to have a bigger harem.
(d) His desire to meet Rustan.

2. What makes family life more orderly according to Usbek's experience?
(a) Being forbidden to discipline children.
(b) A strong father.
(c) Being allowed to discipline children.
(d) A strong mother.

3. What kind of people does Rica dislike?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Prideful.
(c) Shameless.
(d) European.

4. What is Usbek surprised with in Italy?
(a) The taste of wine.
(b) The low amount of eunuchs.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Women's freedom.

5. Where is Usbek when he writes Letter 18?
(a) Syria.
(b) Persia.
(c) Smyrna.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who weds in letter 51?

2. What is Usbek mourning in letter 76?

3. What does the old man chosen to be the leader of the society described in letters 10 to 14 tell his people?

4. What does the Mullah advise Usbek to refer to to find answers to his questions in letter 17?

5. Which of Usbek's wives would still love him even if she was let go from the seraglio?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the Troglodytes a unique civilization according to Usbek in letters 11 to 14?

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

3. What is affluence based on in Paris according to Rica?

4. What does Usbek encourage the eunuch to do according to letter 1?

5. What does Usbek tell Ibben in letter 95 about the fickleness of fortune?

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

7. Why does the relationship between Zachi and her servant turn sour according to Usbek in letter 19?

8. What does Usbek say about countries inhabited by undomesticated people?

9. What irony does Usbek point out to Rhedi in letter 102?

10. What does Zelis accuse Usbek of being in supplementary letter 11 and why?

(see the answer keys)

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