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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 French philosopher is cited in Chapter 1 as having written an analysis on "the poetics of space" (54)?
2. Who wrote Historie des Orientalistes de 'Europe du XII au XIX?
3. When does the author describe Renan's linguistic investigations of Semitic taking place in Chapter 1?
4. When did Silvestre de Sacy write Principes de Grammaire Generale?
5. Who wrote The Persians, which is the earliest Athenian play extant?
Short Essay Questions
1. What works did Friedrich Schlegel produce? What was his association with Orientalism?
2. How did the emergence of Occidentalism affect Orientalism?
3. 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?
4. Who are Bouvard and Pecuchet?
5. Who was George Sale and what contribution did he make to Orientalism?
6. Who was Ferdinand de Lesseps and how did he contribute to Orientalism?
7. What were Silvestre de Sacy's contributions to Orientalism?
8. What is described in the quote from Edward William Lane's An Accound of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians that opens Chapter 2?
9. What is noted about Henry Kissinger's views on public policy in the book?
10. Who was Sir William Jones and what was his contribution to Orientalism?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss "the Other" as it applies to Orientalism. For what reasons do human beings choose to classify and create distinctions between separate groups? What are the impacts of these separations?
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
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?
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