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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rica think of the man that introduced him to the library?

2. What does Usbek think of the rituals intended to pacify the gods?

3. What are the topics of letters 87 and 88?

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

5. What is Ubsek amazed with according to letter 95 to Ibben?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Persian Letters has elements of humanism throughout. Write an essay that defines humanism, examines its role in society, and analyzes its importance in the Persian Letters, particularly in regards to the formation of character.

Essay Topic 2

Usbek discusses divergent effects that laws have on human behavior and how different cultures address diseases of the spirit. Discuss what behaviors may be considered divergent and affect the spirit and how Persian culture may address these differently than western Europeans.

Essay Topic 3

The Persian Letters asks a relevant question regarding dominion or what nature gave man. In an essay, address whether women, Africans, or another group is intended by nature to be subject to man, and explain your reasoning.

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