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

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

3. When was Volney's Considerations sur la Guerre Actuel de Turcs written?
(a) 1699.
(b) 1815.
(c) 1788.
(d) 1759.

4. What term from the book means relating to the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope?
(a) Ephemeral.
(b) Epistemological.
(c) Elucite.
(d) Epidemilogical.

5. When was Silvestre de Sacy born?
(a) 1693.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1757.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Bibliotheque Orientale?

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

3. Who wrote La Tentation de Stain Antione?

4. When was Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron born?

5. Who wrote The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?

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