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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 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"?
(a) Al-Hallaj.
(b) Henry Thomas Colebrooke.
(c) Eduard Sachau.
(d) Claude Levi-Strauss.

2. When did the painter Ludovic Lepic comment "L'Orient est mort au Caire" (170)?
(a) 1818.
(b) 1865.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1884.

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

4. 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)?
(a) "The sword of Muhammed, and the Koran."
(b) "The Nazi regime."
(c) "The impending immigration of masses."
(d) "The establishment of Israel."

5. When was the essay "L'Occident devant l"orient: Primaute d'une Solution Culturelle" published?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1952.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to Islamic mysticism or the inward dimension of Islam?

2. The author asserts in Chapter 3 that in films and television " the Arab is associated either with lechery or" what (286)?

3. Who "saw in Oriental polytheism a preparation of the way for Judeo-Christian monotheism," according to the author in Chapter 2?

4. When did Reinhart Dozy die?

5. Who wrote the book Voyageurs d'Orient?

Short Essay Questions

1. Howd does the author compare the worsk of Renan and Sacy in Chapter 2: Orientalist Structures and Restructures, Part III: Oriental Residence and Scholarship: The Requirements of Lexicography and Imagination?

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

3. Who wrote Le Regne Animal and how was this work connected to Orientalism?

4. Who was William Muir? What were his contributions to Orientalism?

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

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

7. How does the author describe the Orient's depictions in the works of Byron and Hugo in Chapter 2?

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

9. How many books were written between 1800 and 1950 regarding the Orient? What does the author assert about these works in Chapter 3?

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

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