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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. When were the three volumes of Caussin de Perceval's Essai sur l'Historie des Arabes avant l"Islamisme, Pendant l"Epoque de Mahomet published?
(a) 1856-1860.
(b) 1795-1800.
(c) 1847-1848.
(d) 1892-1899.

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

3. When was the nation of Israel created?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1956.

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) Karl Marx.
(b) Edward Gibbon.
(c) Julius Mohl.
(d) Henri Baudet.

5. When was the novel Tancred published?
(a) 1847.
(b) 1923.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1818.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the text refers to a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something?

2. When was The Struggle for Existence in Human Society published?

3. What term refers to a wider discipline which includes written, verbal, and non-verbal communication?

4. When was the Balfour Declaration announced?

5. When was the essay "L'Occident devant l"orient: Primaute d'une Solution Culturelle" published?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who wrote Islam and Capitalism and how did this work differ from those of the earlier Orientalists?

2. What were the differences between the pilgrimages to the Orient by Chateaubriand and others such as Flaubert, Vigny, Nerval and others?

3. How does the author describe the "popular images and social science representations" of the Arab in American culture in Chapter 3?

4. Who wrote "The White Man's Burden" and why does the author discuss this work in Chapter 3?

5. What can be seen in the works Mimesis and Philolog by Erich Auerbach, according to the author in Chapter 3?

6. What were the Crusades? When did they occur?

7. What is significant about depictions of the Arab Muslim following World War II?

8. How did Hurgronje perceive Islamic Law?

9. How did Wilhelm Dilthey's ideas influence Orientalism?

10. Who was T. E. Lawrence and what were his contributions to Orientalism?

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