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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who refused to become a eunuch according to letter 39?
(a) A white slave.
(b) A black slave.
(c) A poor farmer.
(d) A white servant.

2. What does Usbek order the black eunuch to do?
(a) Kill a slave.
(b) Not touch Pharan until his return.
(c) Buy a new eunuch.
(d) Turn Pharan into a eunuch.

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

4. What people does Usbek use to make his point in letters 11 to 14?
(a) The Egyptians.
(b) The Troglodytes.
(c) The Greeks.
(d) The Romans.

5. What is debated in different parts of the world according to letter 36?
(a) The rights of children.
(b) Slavery.
(c) The rights of women.
(d) The power of kings.

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

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

8. What does the Mullah tell Usbek he has little of?
(a) Food.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Wives.
(d) Land.

9. Who weds in letter 51?
(a) Usbek.
(b) Zechi's daughter.
(c) Zelis's slave.
(d) Nargum.

10. What does Usbek think of Christians according to letter 44?
(a) They are not smart.
(b) They are not good Christians.
(c) They are not polite.
(d) They are dirty.

11. Who wrote letter 10 to Usbek?
(a) Mirza.
(b) Ibbi.
(c) Zachi.
(d) Fatme.

12. How much punishment should a government apply to the people in order to make them respect the law according to Usbek?
(a) As much as possible
(b) Prison only.
(c) The slightest amount.
(d) Death for all crimes.

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

14. What is discussed about the society from letters 11 to 14?
(a) It has no rulers.
(b) It does not have women.
(c) It's members do not drink milk.
(d) It does not have sheep.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Usbek's feelings about his decision to leave?

2. What profession does one of the men Usbek meet claim to have in letter 46?

3. According to letter 33, what parallel does Usbek make?

4. Why is Rustan supportive of Usbek according to the 5th letter?

5. What kind of people does Rica dislike?

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