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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 were the three volumes of Caussin de Perceval's Essai sur l'Historie des Arabes avant l"Islamisme, Pendant l"Epoque de Mahomet published?
2. Who "saw in Oriental polytheism a preparation of the way for Judeo-Christian monotheism," according to the author in Chapter 2?
3. Who is cited in Chapter 3 with the following quote: "The political interest that ties England to India holds British work to a sustained contact with concrete realities, and maintains the cohesion between representations of the past and the spectacle of the present" (264)?
4. When was William Muir's The Caliphate, Its Rise, Decline and Fall published?
5. When did the Arab oil boycott take place historically?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the "popular images and social science representations" of the Arab in American culture in Chapter 3?
2. How does the author describe the "over-value" of the Orient and the subsequent backlash in Chapter 2 (150)?
3. Who was T. E. Lawrence and what were his contributions to Orientalism?
4. What were the differences between the pilgrimages to the Orient by Chateaubriand and others such as Flaubert, Vigny, Nerval and others?
5. Who wrote "The White Man's Burden" and why does the author discuss this work in Chapter 3?
6. Who was William Muir? What were his contributions to Orientalism?
7. How did Hurgronje perceive Islamic Law?
8. How did Nietzsche describe the truth of language, as cited in Chapter 3?
9. What can be seen in the works Mimesis and Philolog by Erich Auerbach, according to the author in Chapter 3?
10. What are the "unsettling influences" that every Western traveler or resident of the Orient had to protect himself from, according to the author in Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Lord Cromer's book Modern Egypt and its impacts on Orientalism. What theories and ideas Did Cromer present in the book? How would you characterize his depictions of Egyptian culture, language, and religion?
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 Henry Kissinger's views on globalism and international politics. How does Kissinger perceive foreign policy? What are the opposing styles of foreign policy as defined by Kissinger? How do Kissinger's views relate to Orientalism?
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