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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. When was the Institut de France "commissioned by Napoleon to form a tableau generale on the state and progress of the arts and sciences since 1789" (126)?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1802.

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

3. 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) Simon Ockley.
(b) Anquetil-Duperron.
(c) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(d) Barthelemy d'Herbelot.

4. Who is most remembered for developing the theory of the Aryan master race?
(a) Anquetil-Duperron.
(b) Joseph Arthur de Gobineau.
(c) Barthelemy d'Herbelot.
(d) Simon Ockley.

5. What term used in the book refers to the exercise of absolute power, particularly in a cruel and oppressive way?
(a) Absolutism.
(b) Despotism.
(c) Totalitarianism.
(d) Egalitarianism.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the battle of Lepanto take place?

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

3. Who wrote Le Genie des Religions?

4. When did Silvestre de Sacy write Principes de Grammaire Generale?

5. When was the Royal Asiatic Society founded?

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