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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. What word refers to one of the world' oldest monotheistic religions, founded in Iran approximately 3,500 years ago?
(a) Zoroastianism.
(b) Epistilianism.
(c) Sufism.
(d) Hinduism.

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

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

4. Who wrote The Races of Man?
(a) Robert Knox.
(b) Anquetil-Duperron.
(c) Simon Ockley.
(d) Barthelemy d'Herbelot.

5. Who is the author of Chapters on the Principles of International Law?
(a) John Westlake.
(b) Simon Ockley.
(c) Anquetil-Duperron.
(d) Barthelemy d'Herbelot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote in Arabia Deserta, "The sun made me an Arab but never warped me to Orientalism" (237)?

2. When does the author describe the political and military heyday of Islam, when it dominated both East and West?

3. Who is cited in Chapter 3 with the following quote: "The political interest that ties England to India holds British work to a sustained contact with concrete realities, and maintains the cohesion between representations of the past and the spectacle of the present" (264)?

4. Who is the author of Heart of Darkness?

5. When did Lamartine begin his trip to the Orient?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Nietzsche describe the truth of language, as cited in Chapter 3?

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

4. How does the author define latent and manifest Orientalism in Chapter 3?

5. How does the author describe the "over-value" of the Orient and the subsequent backlash in Chapter 2 (150)?

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

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

8. Who was Reinhart Dozy and what were his contributions to Orientalism?

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

10. Who was Hafiz and how are his works regarded in Orientalism?

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