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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Usbek use to appeal to his wives to behave?
(a) Their virtue.
(b) The head eunuch.
(c) Bribery.
(d) Physical punishment.

2. How is Usbek's confidence toward who he left in charge of the Seraglio?
(a) Medium, he is confident, but had someone else double check regularly.
(b) Very high, he has no fear.
(c) None, he didn't want that person, but had no choice.
(d) Very low, he is fearful.

3. Why do French women gamble, according to Usbek?
(a) To ruin their husbands.
(b) Because they need money.
(c) Because they like it.
(d) To be like men.

4. How did the society in letters 10 to 14 fare after it stabilized?
(a) They multiplied into a country of vicious people.
(b) They became extinct.
(c) They moved to another land.
(d) They multiplied into a whole country of virtuous people.

5. What is the main topic of letter 34?
(a) Paris churches.
(b) Paris coffee houses.
(c) Paris aristocracy.
(d) Paris water systems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the usual punishment for the eunuch's crime according to letter 19?

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

3. What is notable about Venice according to letter 29?

4. Which of Usbek's wives writes the 3rd letter back to him?

5. According to Usbek, why is the city he is in in letter 18 considered great or powerful?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rica compare the King of France and the Pope to?

2. What happened to the Troglodytes according to Usbek?

3. Why does Usbek consider Smyrna powerful in letter 18?

4. What sentiment does Usbek have about his decision about the guardian of his wives and home?

5. What irony does Usbek point out to Rhedi in letter 102?

6. Why did the Troglodytes' neighbors want to rob them of according to Usbek?

7. Why is Pharan complaining in letter 40?

8. What is happening in Usbek's seraglio according to the head eunuch in letter 139?

9. Why are the Troglodytes a unique civilization according to Usbek in letters 11 to 14?

10. What does Usbek discover about Paris coffee houses according to letter 34?

(see the answer keys)

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