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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. Of whom does the author say, "In article after article he returned with increasing conviction to the idea that even in destroying Asia, Britain was making possible there are a real social revolution" (153)?

2. Who wrote The Struggle for Existence in Human Society?

3. 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?

4. Where was Sir Hamilton Gibb born?

5. Who stated in his theses about propaganda, "The propagandist outlook in fact combines respect for individuality with indifference to formal democracy" (292)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who wrote Islam and Capitalism and how did this work differ from those of the earlier Orientalists?

2. Who was Reinhart Dozy and what were his contributions to Orientalism?

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

4. The author states that the primitiveness of Arab society exists simultaneously on at least two levels. What are these levels?

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

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

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

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

9. Who wrote "The White Man's Burden" and why does the author discuss this work 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 the life and works of Silvestre de Sacy. Why was Sacy considered to be the founder of modern Orientalism? Where was Sacy educated? How did his three-volume compendum on Orientalism influence the field?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the works of Gustave Flaubert and the influences of Orientalism in his works. What literary movement was Flaubert associated with? Why does Edward Said discuss Madame Bovary in Orientalism?

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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