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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. Who wrote Don Quixote?
2. When was L'Avenir de la Science written?
3. When was the American Oriental Society founded?
4. When was Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron born?
5. When was the Royal Asiatic Society founded?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the two traits that the author describes Orientalism carrying forward from the outset in Chapter 1: The Scope of Orientalism, Part IV: Crisis?
2. What were Silvestre de Sacy's contributions to Orientalism?
3. Who was Arthur James Balfour and what role did he play in the British government?
4. What works did Friedrich Schlegel produce? What was his association with Orientalism?
5. Who was Anwar Abdel-Malek? What were his contributions to the study of the Orient?
6. When did the Council of Vienne take place? What was its impact on Orientalism?
7. Why was Egypt considered a valuable land to rule over to the Europeans?
8. What is the difference between the processes and ideas of Silvestre de Sacy and those of Ernest Renan?
9. 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?
10. How does the author define Orientalism?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the study of philology as applied to Orientalism. Why were most eighteenth century Orientalists founded in the study of philology? How has the lack of philological studies in the U.S. impacted modern Orientalism?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Great Britain's history in the Middle East and Far East historically. When did the period of British colonialism begin? When did it end? What countries or regions were under British control? How did these areas gain independence?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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