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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. When was Louis Lambert published?
2. When did the battle of Lepanto take place?
3. Who wrote Bibliotheque Orientale?
4. Who wrote the two-volume logbook titled Ving-sept Ans d'Historie des Etudes Orientales?
5. When was the Institut de France "commissioned by Napoleon to form a tableau generale on the state and progress of the arts and sciences since 1789" (126)?
Short Essay Questions
1. When was the height of British colonialism? What areas were occupied by Britain?
2. What are the two situations that favor a textual attitude toward the Orient, according to the author in Chapter 1: The Scope of Orientalism, Part IV: Crisis?
3. How was Islam perceived by the Orientalists over time, according to the author Chapter 1: The Scope of Orientalism, Part II: Imaginative Geography and Its Representations: Orientalizing the Oriental?
4. What societies for Orientalism emerged in the nineteenth century?
5. Why was Egypt considered a valuable land to rule over to the Europeans?
6. What works did Friedrich Schlegel produce? What was his association with Orientalism?
7. What is noted about Henry Kissinger's views on public policy in the book?
8. What was Ernest Renan's background and education?
9. How does Edward Said describe Silvestre de Sacy's writing style?
10. When did the Council of Vienne take place? What was its impact on 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
Define Orientalism and Occidentalism as used by Edward Said in his book Orientalism. How do the studies and fields within these subjects differ? Is Orientalism to be commended historically? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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