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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Orientalism Now, Part II: Style, Expertise, Vision: Orientalism's Worldliness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What French philosopher is cited in Chapter 1 as having written an analysis on "the poetics of space" (54)?
(a) Gaston Bachelard.
(b) Claude Levi-Strauss.
(c) Gustave Dugat.
(d) Edgar Quinet.

2. When was the Societe Asiatique founded?
(a) 1804.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1829.
(d) 1822.

3. Who was the founder of the Royal Asiatic Society?
(a) Henri Baudet.
(b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke.
(c) Gaston Bachelard.
(d) Julius Mohl.

4. Who wrote Itineraire de Paris a Jerusalem, et de Jerusalem a Paris in 1810-1811?
(a) Barthelemy d'Herbelot.
(b) Sir William Jones.
(c) Claude Levi-Strauss.
(d) Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand.

5. When did the first volume of History of the Saracens appear?
(a) 1708.
(b) 1655.
(c) 1719.
(d) 1496.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the poem "Giaour"?

2. The author asserts in Chapter 2, "I am interested in showing how modern Orientalism, unlike precolonial awareness of Dante and d'Herbelot, embodies a systematic discipline of" what (123)?

3. Who wrote La Tentation de Stain Antione?

4. When was the Royal Asiatic Society founded?

5. What term from the book means relating to the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope?

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