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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rica ridicule in letter 80?
(a) European communication.
(b) European fashion.
(c) European women.
(d) European men.

2. Who writes letter 143 to Usbek?
(a) Zachi.
(b) Solim.
(c) Roxane.
(d) Narsit.

3. What is the consequence feared by Rhedi in letter 102 once men learn enough about science?
(a) Men will create artificial intelligence.
(b) Man will destroy itself.
(c) Men will kill the gods.
(d) Men will go to the moon.

4. What does Nargum lament concerning the Tartars?
(a) They don't care about slaves.
(b) They don't have good food.
(c) They don't know how to read or write.
(d) They don't have a written history.

5. What does Nargum write about the Tartars to Usbek?
(a) Their power.
(b) Their slaves.
(c) Their women.
(d) Their food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman killed by her husband in the story in letter 135 do to her husband as retribution?

2. According to Rica in letter 96, what changes quickly in France?

3. In letter 93, where is the woman from whom the head women eunuch purchases?

4. What are the moral reasons for the dwindling population according to Usbek?

5. What does the rich man wish in letter 126?

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