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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. Who does the author assert "sought liberation for himself outside the orthodox community by asking for, and finally getting, the very crucifixion refused by islam as a whole"?
(a) Henry Thomas Colebrooke.
(b) Eduard Sachau.
(c) Claude Levi-Strauss.
(d) Al-Hallaj.

2. When did Cuvier publish Le Regne Animal?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1854.
(c) 1816.
(d) 1902.

3. When was the nation of Israel created?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1948.

4. Over what years were the volumes of William Muir's Life of Mahomet published?
(a) 1902-1905.
(b) 1889-1900.
(c) 1858-1861.
(d) 1799-1805.

5. In an excerpt from Renan's writing in Chapter 2, Renan states, "One sees that in all things the Semitic race appears to us to be an incomplete race, by virtue of its" what (149)?
(a) "Simplicity."
(b) "Economy."
(c) "Anthopology."
(d) "History."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who authored Seven Pillars of Wisdom?

2. Who is most remembered for developing the theory of the Aryan master race?

3. Who rote The Romantic Agony?

4. Who is described by the author as "a crucial link in the intellectual chain connecting the White-Man-as-expert to the modern Orient" in Chapter 3 (235)?

5. In what year does the author describe the costume for Princeton's tenth-reunion class having been an Arab in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did R. N. Cust say about the Semitic-Islamic subfield of Orientalism at the Orientalist congress in Paris between 1873 and 1897?

2. Who was William Muir? What were his contributions to Orientalism?

3. Who wrote The Struggle for Existence in Human Society? When was it written and what was detailed in the book?

4. What is significant about depictions of the Arab Muslim following World War II?

5. Who wrote Le Regne Animal and how was this work connected to Orientalism?

6. What were the differences between the pilgrimages to the Orient by Chateaubriand and others such as Flaubert, Vigny, Nerval and others?

7. How did Wilhelm Dilthey's ideas influence Orientalism?

8. Who wrote "The White Man's Burden" and why does the author discuss this work in Chapter 3?

9. Who wrote Islam and Capitalism and how did this work differ from those of the earlier Orientalists?

10. Who was Gustave E. von Grunebaum and what works did he contribute to Orientalism?

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