Orientalism Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Orientalism Test | Final Test - Hard

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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 did William Muir die?

2. 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)?

3. When was Reinhart Dozy's Histoire des Mussulmans d'Espagne jusqu'a .la Conquete de l'Andalousie par les Almoravides published?

4. Who wrote and published Islam and Capitalism in 1966?

5. Who is the author of Heart of Darkness?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Wilhelm Dilthey's ideas influence Orientalism?

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

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

4. How did Hurgronje perceive Islamic Law?

5. Who was Robert Knox and why does the author discuss him in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss "the Other" as it applies to Orientalism. For what reasons do human beings choose to classify and create distinctions between separate groups? What are the impacts of these separations?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the works of Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron and William Jones. What books and/or essays did these individuals produce? In what ways were their ideas similar? How were they different?

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