1. How old was Silvestre de Sacy when he replaced Dacier as secretary of the Academie des Inscriptions?
(a) 65.
(b) 78.
(c) 75.
(d) 59.

2. Who referred to the "militant" Orient as "the Asiatic tidal wave" (75)?
(a) Henri Baudet.
(b) Gaston Bachelard.
(c) Julius Mohl.
(d) Henri Baudet.

3. Who wrote Le Genie des Religions?
(a) Edgar Quinet.
(b) Gaston Bachelard.
(c) Julius Mohl.
(d) Henri Baudet.

4. Silvestre de Sacy's family were adherents to what Catholic theological movement?
(a) Expressionism.
(b) Calvinism.
(c) Othodoxism.
(d) Jansenism.

5. When was L'Avenir de la Science written?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1812.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is cited in Chapter 2 as having "said of Sacy's work that it reconciled the manner of a scientist with that of a Biblical teacher, and that Sacy was the one man able to reconcile 'the goals of Liebniz with the efforts of Bossuet'" (124)?

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

3. Who wrote The Races of Man?

4. When was the Royal Asiatic Society founded?

5. Who wrote Les Lois Psychologiques d l'Evolution des Peuples?

(see the answer key)

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