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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 Voyage en Orient?

2. When was the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Society founded?

3. Who wrote The Bacchae?

4. Who wrote The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?

5. Who wrote Don Quixote?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Silvestre de Sacy's contributions to Orientalism?

2. What societies for Orientalism emerged in the nineteenth century?

3. What was Ernest Renan's background and education?

4. How does Edward Said describe Silvestre de Sacy's writing style?

5. Who was Anwar Abdel-Malek? What were his contributions to the study of the Orient?

6. What was Lord Cromer's association with Egypt?

7. 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?

8. What is the importance of "Tableau historique," according to the author (127)?

9. Who was Ferdinand de Lesseps and how did he contribute to Orientalism?

10. What is noted about Henry Kissinger's views on public policy in the book?

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

Discuss Ernest Renan's role in the evolution of Orientalism. What was the basis of Renan's studies in the East? In what ways did Renan adapt the study of Orientalism? What were the structures and foundations he established within the field?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss R. W. Smith's impacts on Orientalism. How did Smith perceive the West's opinions and depictions of Muslim countries, cultures, and people? What were Smith's written contributions that are discussed in the book?

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