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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Marquis de Vogue's work center on?
(a) Russian history.
(b) Palmyrian epigraphy.
(c) Syrian philosophy.
(d) Sanskrit philology.

2. The author asserts in Chapter 3 that in films and television " the Arab is associated either with lechery or" what (286)?
(a) "Thievery."
(b) "Bloodthirsty dishonesty."
(c) "Religous extremity."
(d) "Jihad."

3. Who is the author of Muhammedanisches Recht?
(a) Henri Baudet.
(b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke.
(c) Claude Levi-Strauss.
(d) Eduard Sachau.

4. What term is used to identify the Western world in contrast to the Orient?
(a) The Imperialistic.
(b) The Occident.
(c) The Opulent.
(d) The Aryan.

5. When was The Legacy of Islam published?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1889.

6. Who authored Seven Pillars of Wisdom?
(a) E. M. Forster.
(b) T. E. Lawrence.
(c) V. W. Richards.
(d) Henri Baudet.

7. When did Jacques Berque and Massignon publish a dialogue on "the Arabs" in Esprit?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1935.

8. In an excerpt from Renan's writing in Chapter 2, Renan states, "One sees that in all things the Semitic race appears to us to be an incomplete race, by virtue of its" what (149)?
(a) "Economy."
(b) "Simplicity."
(c) "History."
(d) "Anthopology."

9. Who rote The Romantic Agony?
(a) Sir William Jones.
(b) Barthelemy d'Herbelot.
(c) Claude Levi-Strauss.
(d) Mario Praz.

10. When was William Muir's The Caliphate, Its Rise, Decline and Fall published?
(a) 1891.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1800.

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

12. When does the author describe the political and military heyday of Islam, when it dominated both East and West?
(a) From the eighth century to the sixteenth century.
(b) From the sixth century to the eighth century.
(c) From the third century to the fifteenth century.
(d) From the eighth century to the tenth century.

13. Who wrote the poem "Giaour"?
(a) Homer.
(b) Aristophanes.
(c) Percy Shelley.
(d) Lord Byron.

14. Who wrote the novel Tancred?
(a) Claude Levi-Strauss.
(b) Sir William Jones.
(c) Barthelemy d'Herbelot.
(d) Benjamin Disraeli.

15. Who does the author assert "sought liberation for himself outside the orthodox community by asking for, and finally getting, the very crucifixion refused by islam as a whole"?
(a) Claude Levi-Strauss.
(b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke.
(c) Al-Hallaj.
(d) Eduard Sachau.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote an article for Harper's magazine stating that "Arabs are basically murderers and that violence and deceit are carried in the Arab genes" (287)?

3. Who is credited with the following quote in Chapter 3: "How many thousand years this state of things has lasted [namely, that Arabs livei in a 'state of war'], those who shall read the earlist recores of the desert will tell us..." (229)?

4. Who "saw in Oriental polytheism a preparation of the way for Judeo-Christian monotheism," according to the author in Chapter 2?

5. Who is the author of Daniel Deronda?

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