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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author notes in Chapter 3 that "The first Orientalist congress was organized and held in Paris" in what year (261)?
(a) 1873.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1832.

2. Who is the author of Social Evolution, published in 1894?
(a) E. M. Forster.
(b) Benjamin Kidd.
(c) V. W. Richards.
(d) Henri Baudet.

3. When was the essay "L'Occident devant l"orient: Primaute d'une Solution Culturelle" published?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1859.

4. Of whom does the author say, "In article after article he returned with increasing conviction to the idea that even in destroying Asia, Britain was making possible there are a real social revolution" (153)?
(a) Edward Gibbon.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Henri Baudet.
(d) Julius Mohl.

5. When was The Struggle for Existence in Human Society published?
(a) 1823.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1888.

6. Who wrote in Arabia Deserta, "The sun made me an Arab but never warped me to Orientalism" (237)?
(a) Charles Montagu Doughty.
(b) V. W. Richards.
(c) Henri Baudet.
(d) E. M. Forster.

7. Who wrote Mimesis and Philogog?
(a) Henry Thomas Colebrooke.
(b) Eduard Sachau.
(c) Claude Levi-Strauss.
(d) Erich Auerbach.

8. When was Reinhart Dozy's Histoire des Mussulmans d'Espagne jusqu'a .la Conquete de l'Andalousie par les Almoravides published?
(a) 1830.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1779.
(d) 1856.

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

10. When did the Arab oil boycott take place historically?
(a) 1969-1970.
(b) 1973-1974.
(c) 1971-1973.
(d) 1965-1967.

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

12. What word from the text refers to a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something?
(a) Principle.
(b) Acidic.
(c) Epistle.
(d) Polemic.

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

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

15. To whom is the letter from T. E. Lawrence written in 1918 that is cited in Chapter 3?
(a) E. M. Forster.
(b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke.
(c) Henri Baudet.
(d) V. W. Richards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote History of Intellectual Development on the Lines of Modern Evolution in 1897-1901?

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

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

4. Who is cited in Chapter 3 as having said, "... truths are illusions about which one has forgotten that this is what they are" (203)?

5. Who wrote and published Islam and Capitalism in 1966?

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