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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Orientalism Now, Part I: Latent and Manifest Orientalism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is cited in Chapter 3 as having said, "... truths are illusions about which one has forgotten that this is what they are" (203)?
(a) Anquetil-Duperron.
(b) Barthelemy d'Herbelot.
(c) Simon Ockley.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

2. Who is the author of Heart of Darkness?
(a) Joseph Conrad.
(b) Anquetil-Duperron.
(c) Barthelemy d'Herbelot.
(d) Simon Ockley.

3. Over what period of time was Leopold von Ranke's Weltgeschichte published?
(a) 1881-1888.
(b) 1900-1905.
(c) 1821-1825.
(d) 1862-1865.

4. The author asserts in Chapter 2, "The difference between Sacy and Renan is the difference between inauguration and" what (130)?
(a) "Continuity."
(b) "Subjectivism."
(c) "Advancement."
(d) "Revision."

5. When did the battle of Lepanto take place?
(a) 1571.
(b) 1499.
(c) 1592.
(d) 1601.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the French occupy Algiers?

2. During what years did a group of Japanese Christians throw out the Portuguese from the area?

3. Who referred to the "militant" Orient as "the Asiatic tidal wave" (75)?

4. Who wrote La Tentation de Stain Antione?

5. What term used in the book refers to the exercise of absolute power, particularly in a cruel and oppressive way?

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