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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letters 100 - 113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would have happened to the men Usbek described as depraved in letter 46?
(a) Prison.
(b) Castration.
(c) Death.
(d) Banishment.

2. What does Usbek encounter in the streets of Paris?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Rudeness.
(c) Stupidity.
(d) Shyness.

3. What did Usbek's wife do as a form of amusement in his absence?
(a) Went home.
(b) Went to the country.
(c) Went to town.
(d) Went to the lake.

4. What is Ubsek amazed with according to letter 95 to Ibben?
(a) That the rich can become poor so quickly.
(b) How independent women are.
(c) How intelligent the king of France is.
(d) How long he has to wait to receive letters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the man in Usbek's story in letter 98 claim to always be right?

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

3. How does Usbek describe the period of time the people of the society fought with each other?

4. What is debated in different parts of the world according to letter 36?

5. What does the eunuch ask Usbek in letter 93?

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