2. Who coined the phrase "les bourgeois conquerants"?
(a) Edward William Lane.
(b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke.
(c) Charles Wilkins.
(d) Charles Moraze.

3. Who wrote History of the Saracens?
(a) Julius Mohl.
(b) Gaston Bachelard.
(c) Henri Baudet.
(d) Simon Ockley.

4. Who wrote Historie des Orientalistes de 'Europe du XII au XIX?
(a) Gustave Dugat.
(b) Gaston Bachelard.
(c) Claude Levi-Strauss.
(d) Edgar Quinet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to the study of language in written historical sources?

2. Who wrote the novel Louis Lambert?

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

4. What are the four elements described by the author that established eighteenth century thought on the structures on which modern Orientalism depend?

5. Who wrote The Citizen of the World?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author define Orientalism?

2. What role did Julius Mohl play in the development of Orientalism?

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

4. Who was Arthur James Balfour and what role did he play in the British government?

5. What was Ernest Renan's background and education?

6. What are the two traits that the author describes Orientalism carrying forward from the outset in Chapter 1: The Scope of Orientalism, Part IV: Crisis?

7. What was The Citizen of the World and who was its author?

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

(see the answer keys)

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