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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Orientalism Now, Part II: Style, Expertise, Vision: Orientalism's Worldliness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author notes that almost without exception, every Orientalist began his career as what?
(a) A philologist.
(b) An epidemiologist.
(c) A biologist.
(d) An Occidentalist.

2. When did the British occupation of Egypt begin during the Anglo-Egyptian War?
(a) 1876.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1882.

3. Who is Pentheus' mother that destroys him in The Bacchae?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Athena.
(d) Agave.

4. What are the four elements described by the author that established eighteenth century thought on the structures on which modern Orientalism depend?
(a) Empathy, education, information, and expression.
(b) Expansion, historical confrontation, sympathy, and classification.
(c) Suppresion, policy, reinvention, and institutionalism.
(d) Nobility, certainty, revision, and expansion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the German word "Einfuhlung" translate to in English?

2. How many books are estimated to have been written dealing with the Near Orient between 1800 and 1950?

3. Who authored The Biology of British Politics in 1904?

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

5. Who wrote The Citizen of the World?

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