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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 Les Lois Psychologiques d l'Evolution des Peuples published?

2. Where was Sir Hamilton Gibb born?

3. When was the novel Tancred published?

4. What is William Muir cited as saying "are the most stubborn enemies of Civilisation, Liberty, and the Truth which the world has yet known" (151)?

5. When was Princeton's department of Near Eastern Studies founded?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did R. N. Cust say about the Semitic-Islamic subfield of Orientalism at the Orientalist congress in Paris between 1873 and 1897?

2. What were the Crusades? When did they occur?

3. Who was William Muir? What were his contributions to Orientalism?

4. What impact did the 1973 oil crisis have on Western perceptions of the East?

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

6. Who wrote Le Regne Animal and how was this work connected to Orientalism?

7. Who was T. E. Lawrence and what were his contributions to Orientalism?

8. How did Hurgronje perceive Islamic Law?

9. What were the differences between the pilgrimages to the Orient by Chateaubriand and others such as Flaubert, Vigny, Nerval and others?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss Great Britain's history in the Middle East and Far East historically. When did the period of British colonialism begin? When did it end? What countries or regions were under British control? How did these areas gain independence?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impact of Napoleon's campaign in Egypt and Syria. What was the outcome of the campaign? What is the significance of the discovery of the Rosetta stone? How did Napoleon's campaign influence interest in the Orient in France?

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