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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 wrote Les Lois Psychologiques d l'Evolution des Peuples?
2. What name refers to the war between Egypt, Syria and Israel that mostly took place in the Sinai and the Golan Heights?
3. Who wrote the novel Tancred?
4. When was Chapters on the Principles of International Law published?
5. Who wrote the poem "Giaour"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author define latent and manifest Orientalism in Chapter 3?
2. 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?
3. How does the author describe the "popular images and social science representations" of the Arab in American culture in Chapter 3?
4. How many books were written between 1800 and 1950 regarding the Orient? What does the author assert about these works in Chapter 3?
5. How did Wilhelm Dilthey's ideas influence Orientalism?
6. Who wrote Le Regne Animal and how was this work connected to Orientalism?
7. In what way does Edward Said compare Orientalism to a political doctrine in Chapter 3?
8. Who was Robert Knox and why does the author discuss him 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 were the differences between the pilgrimages to the Orient by Chateaubriand and others such as Flaubert, Vigny, Nerval and others?
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 the study of philology as applied to Orientalism. Why were most eighteenth century Orientalists founded in the study of philology? How has the lack of philological studies in the U.S. impacted modern Orientalism?
Essay Topic 3
In what ways did Barthelemy d'Herbelot expand knowledge of Islam in the West? Upon what different areas were d'Herbelot's ideas and studies based? What two periods did d'Herbelot divide history? What are the two types of history as defined by d'Herbelot?
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