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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Rica visit in letter 82?
(a) A women's retreat.
(b) Those wounded in battle.
(c) A European jail.
(d) A monastery.
2. Who was the woman in letter 93 purchased for?
(a) Usbek's friend.
(b) Usbek's brother.
(c) Usbek's sister.
(d) Usbek's father.
3. What does Rica visit according to letter 127 to 131?
(a) A Catholic library.
(b) A Muslim library.
(c) A Protestant library.
(d) A Roman library.
4. What is the consequence feared by Rhedi in letter 102 once men learn enough about science?
(a) Man will destroy itself.
(b) Men will create artificial intelligence.
(c) Men will go to the moon.
(d) Men will kill the gods.
5. What does Rica write about in letter 120?
(a) Paris.
(b) Hell.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Persia.
6. Which one of Usbek's wives behaves as she should be according to letter 143?
(a) Fatme.
(b) Zachi.
(c) Roxane.
(d) Zelis.
7. Who does Usbek give authority over the women in the seraglio in letter 146?
(a) Roxane.
(b) Zachi.
(c) Solim.
(d) Narsit.
8. What does the head slave think will happen to the women in the seraglio when a new woman is brought there?
(a) They will behave.
(b) They will revolt.
(c) They will leave.
(d) They will be happy.
9. What are the topics of letters 87 and 88?
(a) War and peace.
(b) Wives and concubines.
(c) Men and women.
(d) Glory and fame.
10. According to Usbek, what choice do the tax laws leave men to choose between?
(a) Women and money.
(b) Virtue and intelligence.
(c) Life and land.
(d) Life and money.
11. How many times does Usbek say the Muslims were struck down by God?
(a) 3 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 1 time.
(d) 2 times.
12. What does Rhedi write about in letter 125?
(a) Republic.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Dictatorship.
13. In letter 93, where is the woman from whom the head women eunuch purchases?
(a) Persepolis.
(b) Paris.
(c) Visapor.
(d) Jerusalem.
14. What does Usbek think of inhabited countries?
(a) They should be populated.
(b) They should be used for farming.
(c) They should be left that way.
(d) They should be used by slaves.
15. What happens to the woman killed by her husband in the story in letter 135?
(a) She goes to hell.
(b) She enjoys great pleasures goes to heaven.
(c) She is reincarnated.
(d) She is taken as a slave in heaven.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who gives Usbek the information in letter 100?
2. What does Nargum lament concerning the Tartars?
3. What does the monk in letter 129 think of astrological books?
4. What does Rica call those who mind everyone's business but their own?
5. What does Nargum write about the Tartars to Usbek?
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