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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 happens to the girl's face in Zelis' story?
(a) It is burned.
(b) Nothing happens.
(c) It has too much makeup.
(d) It is cut.

2. What do Persian women defend even after their marriage?
(a) Their right to learn.
(b) Their right to travel.
(c) Their virginity.
(d) Their freedom.

3. What does Rustan write to Usbek about the community's view on Usbek's trip?
(a) The community does not know he left.
(b) The community is talking badly about Usbek.
(c) The community is indifferent.
(d) The community is waiting for more of his stories.

4. What do the wives who are not beaten believe in Nargum's letter?
(a) That they are doing good.
(b) That they are pretty.
(c) That they are not loved.
(d) That they are lucky.

5. For the common man, what are the consequences of having too many rules and regulations in religion according to Usbek?
(a) He doesn't know what pleases God.
(b) He doesn't care about the rules.
(c) He makes his own rules.
(d) He follows them like a machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who weds in letter 51?

2. In the 1st letter, what is Usbek trying to explain?

3. Who is trying to steal Zephis's slave?

4. How is the Ottoman Empire according to Usbek?

5. Why did the master of the white eunuch avoid his punishment according to letter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Usbek consider Smyrna powerful in letter 18?

2. What is Usbek hoping to achieve with the help of the Mullah according to letter 16?

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

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

5. Why does Africa become less populated according to Usbek?

6. Who does Usbek leave in charge of his home in Ispahan before leaving?

7. What happens to the head eunuch in letter 141?

8. What is justice according to Usbek in letter 81?

9. Why did the Troglodytes' neighbors want to rob them of according to Usbek?

10. Who is the only wife that behaves in the seraglio?

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