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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Orientalism Now, Part I: Latent and Manifest Orientalism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the founder of the Royal Asiatic Society?
(a) Henry Thomas Colebrooke.
(b) Julius Mohl.
(c) Gaston Bachelard.
(d) Henri Baudet.

2. During what years did a group of Japanese Christians throw out the Portuguese from the area?
(a) 1638-1639.
(b) 1601-1635.
(c) 1702-1715.
(d) 1568-1599.

3. How many books are estimated to have been written dealing with the Near Orient between 1800 and 1950?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 60,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 50,000.

4. When was Louis Lambert published?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1832.

5. When did the French occupy Algiers?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1789.
(d) 1850.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron born?

2. Who wrote Le Genie des Religions?

3. When did Silvestre de Sacy write Principes de Grammaire Generale?

4. Who wrote the novel Louis Lambert?

5. When was L'Avenir de la Science published?

(see the answer key)

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