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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. Who stated in his theses about propaganda, "The propagandist outlook in fact combines respect for individuality with indifference to formal democracy" (292)?
(a) Raymond Schwab.
(b) Julius Mohl.
(c) Harold Lasswell.
(d) Gaston Bachelard.

2. In what year does the author describe the costume for Princeton's tenth-reunion class having been an Arab in Chapter 3?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1967.

3. What word means relating to the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being?
(a) Ontological.
(b) Anthropological.
(c) Philological.
(d) Epidemial.

4. When did Reinhart Dozy die?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1883.

5. Where was Sir Hamilton Gibb born?
(a) England.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Princeton's department of Near Eastern Studies founded?

2. Who does the author assert "sought liberation for himself outside the orthodox community by asking for, and finally getting, the very crucifixion refused by islam as a whole"?

3. The course guide for Columbia College undergraduate in what year was said to stated that every other word in the language had to do with violence (287)?

4. Who wrote Mimesis and Philogog?

5. What is William Muir cited as saying "are the most stubborn enemies of Civilisation, Liberty, and the Truth which the world has yet known" (151)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what way does Edward Said compare Orientalism to a political doctrine in Chapter 3?

4. How did Hurgronje perceive Islamic Law?

5. What impact did the 1973 oil crisis have on Western perceptions of the East?

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

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

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

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

10. Who was Gustave E. von Grunebaum and what works did he contribute to Orientalism?

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