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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 125 - 138.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Usbek writing to in letter 119?
(a) Zachi.
(b) Mehemet Ali.
(c) Rica.
(d) The great mogul.

2. What does Rica do to blend in in Paris?
(a) He grows a beard.
(b) He wears a top hat.
(c) He gets drunk.
(d) He wears western clothes.

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

4. What activities can Usbek's wives do in his absence?
(a) Only immoral activities.
(b) Only horseback riding.
(c) Any moral and accepted activities.
(d) Nothing; they have to be confined at all time.

5. Why does Usbek think the Muslims have not been able to grow like the Jews have?
(a) Muslims have enough slave workers.
(b) Muslims don't need a big army.
(c) Muslims have too many wives.
(d) Muslims only see themselves on the way to heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the wives who are not beaten believe in Nargum's letter?

2. Whose bodies are treated in a cruel manner in Europe?

3. What does the head slave think will happen to the women in the seraglio when a new woman is brought there?

4. What does Usbek use letters 11 to 14 for?

5. How should nations treat each other according to Usbek?

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