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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 Ernest Renan born?

2. Who wrote Candide?

3. Who coined the phrase "les bourgeois conquerants"?

4. When did Arthur James Balfour lecture the House of Commons on "the problems with which we have to deal in Egypt" (31)?

5. When was Volney's Considerations sur la Guerre Actuel de Turcs written?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Sir William Jones and what was his contribution to Orientalism?

2. What works did Friedrich Schlegel produce? What was his association with Orientalism?

3. What role did Julius Mohl play in the development of Orientalism?

4. 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?

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

6. When did the Council of Vienne take place? What was its impact on Orientalism?

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

8. 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?

9. Who was Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron and what was his contribution to Orientalism?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impacts of the Council of Vienne in 1312. What was decreed by the council? How did the Council of Vienne establish Orientalism as an academic discipline? Where were programs in Orientalism established?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Arthur James Balfour's role in Orientalist history. What position did Balfour hold politically in Great Britain? What criticism did Balfour encounter in the later stages of the Boer War? What policies did Balfour present regarding the Orient?

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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