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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Silvestre de Sacy when he replaced Dacier as secretary of the Academie des Inscriptions?
(a) 78.
(b) 59.
(c) 65.
(d) 75.

2. Who wrote Candide?
(a) Homer.
(b) Cervantes.
(c) Voltaire.
(d) Rimbau.

3. During what years did a group of Japanese Christians throw out the Portuguese from the area?
(a) 1568-1599.
(b) 1702-1715.
(c) 1638-1639.
(d) 1601-1635.

4. Who referred to the "militant" Orient as "the Asiatic tidal wave" (75)?
(a) Gaston Bachelard.
(b) Henri Baudet.
(c) Julius Mohl.
(d) Henri Baudet.

5. When was Uber die Sprache und Weishelt der Indier published?
(a) 1808.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1859.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron born?

2. When was the Societe Asiatique founded?

3. Who is cited in Chapter 1 as having said, "Suddenly it seemed to a wide variety of thinkers, politicians, and artists that a new awareness of the Orient, which extended from China to the Mediterranean, had arisen" (42)?

4. Who invented for himself the name of "stud. philol." in 1777 (131)?

5. When was the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Society founded?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two situations that favor a textual attitude toward the Orient, according to the author in Chapter 1: The Scope of Orientalism, Part IV: Crisis?

2. How did the emergence of Occidentalism affect Orientalism?

3. When was the height of British colonialism? What areas were occupied by Britain?

4. Who was George Sale and what contribution did he make to Orientalism?

5. Who was Sir William Jones and what was his contribution to Orientalism?

6. How does the author describe the proximity of Islam to Christianity in Chapter 1: The Scope of Orientalism, Part III: Projects?

7. What is the difference between the processes and ideas of Silvestre de Sacy and those of Ernest Renan?

8. When did the Council of Vienne take place? What was its impact on Orientalism?

9. How did perceptions of the Orient differ between the Renaissance and the eighteenth century?

10. What was Lord Cromer's association with Egypt?

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