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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What term refers to the study of language in written historical sources?
2. What word from Chapter 2 means capricious or impulsive?
3. The author asserts in Chapter 2, "I am interested in showing how modern Orientalism, unlike precolonial awareness of Dante and d'Herbelot, embodies a systematic discipline of" what (123)?
4. Who wrote The Persians, which is the earliest Athenian play extant?
5. Who wrote Le Genie des Religions?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Anwar Abdel-Malek? What were his contributions to the study of the Orient?
2. How does the author define Orientalism?
3. What was Lord Cromer's association with Egypt?
4. Who was Sir William Jones and what was his contribution to Orientalism?
5. What works did Friedrich Schlegel produce? What was his association with Orientalism?
6. What different fields within the umbrella of Orientalism does the author describe in Chapter 1: The Scope of Orientalism, Part II: Imaginative Geography and Its Representations: Orientalizing the Oriental?
7. What societies for Orientalism emerged in the nineteenth century?
8. How did the emergence of Occidentalism affect Orientalism?
9. Who was Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron and what was his contribution to Orientalism?
10. What role did Julius Mohl play in the development of Orientalism?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How has Islam been perceived largely in Orientalist history? In what ways is Islam compared with Christianity? How have perceptions of Islam evolved over time in the West?
Essay Topic 2
What are the four elements that define the institutional and intellectual foundations upon which Orientalism depend, according to author Edward Said? How are each of these elements defined? What are examples of these elements in history?
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of Julius von Mohl's work in Orientalism? With whom did Mohl study? What did Mohl teach at the College de France? What were his major written works?
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