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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. How many books are estimated to have been written dealing with the Near Orient between 1800 and 1950?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 60,000.

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

3. When was William Whiston expelled from Cambridge for his Islamic enthusiasm?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1665.
(d) 1709.

4. Who wrote The Races of Man?
(a) Anquetil-Duperron.
(b) Barthelemy d'Herbelot.
(c) Simon Ockley.
(d) Robert Knox.

5. When was the Royal Asiatic Society founded?
(a) 1742.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1823.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of Chapters on the Principles of International Law?

3. Who wrote History of the Saracens?

4. When was Ernest Renan born?

5. Who wrote Bibliotheque Orientale?

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