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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 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)?

2. Who is most remembered for developing the theory of the Aryan master race?

3. Who wrote Itineraire de Paris a Jerusalem, et de Jerusalem a Paris in 1810-1811?

4. When was Les Lois Psychologiques d l'Evolution des Peuples published?

5. When was The Legacy of Islam published?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What can be seen in the works Mimesis and Philolog by Erich Auerbach, according to the author in Chapter 3?

3. How many books were written between 1800 and 1950 regarding the Orient? What does the author assert about these works in Chapter 3?

4. In what way does Edward Said compare Orientalism to a political doctrine in Chapter 3?

5. How did Nietzsche describe the truth of language, as cited in Chapter 3?

6. Who wrote "The White Man's Burden" and why does the author discuss this work in Chapter 3?

7. How does the author describe the "over-value" of the Orient and the subsequent backlash in Chapter 2 (150)?

8. What is significant about depictions of the Arab Muslim following World War II?

9. How did Hurgronje perceive Islamic Law?

10. Who wrote A Biological View of Our Foreign Policy? What is entailed in this book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of Julius von Mohl's work in Orientalism? With whom did Mohl study? What did Mohl teach at the College de France? What were his major written works?

Essay Topic 3

How has Islam been perceived largely in Orientalist history? In what ways is Islam compared with Christianity? How have perceptions of Islam evolved over time in the West?

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