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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the western woman talking to Rica not like about Persian culture?
(a) The literature.
(b) The food.
(c) The philosophy.
(d) The seraglio.

4. What does Zelis do while being in public?
(a) She was smiling.
(b) She was singing.
(c) She allowed her veil to fall.
(d) She was talking with a man.

5. What are Armenians for the Persian empire according to Usbek?
(a) It's worse citizens.
(b) It's best soldiers.
(c) It's worse soldiers.
(d) It's hardest working citizens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose death is reported to Usbek in letter 141?

3. What would the French rather copy than create according to Rica in letter 97?

4. What does Usbek think of inhabited countries?

5. What does Nargum write about the Tartars to Usbek?

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