3. What does the French term "idee recue" translate to in English (94)?
(a) A revised idea.
(b) An unaccepted idea.
(c) A new idea.
(d) An accepted idea.

4. Who wrote The Bacchae?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Homer.
(c) Aeschylus.
(d) Socrates.

5. How much money was Lord Cromer given on July 30, 1907 as a retirement prize for what he had done in Egypt?
(a) 100,000 pounds.
(b) 50,000 pounds.
(c) 20,000 pounds.
(d) 30,000 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians?

2. Who wrote Uber die Sprache und Weishelt der Indier?

3. When was the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Society founded?

4. When did the battle of Lepanto take place?

5. The author asserts in Chapter 1, "Orientalism is better grasped as a set of constraints upon and limitations of thought than it is simply as" what (42)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is described in the quote from Edward William Lane's An Accound of the Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians that opens Chapter 2?

2. What are the two traits that the author describes Orientalism carrying forward from the outset in Chapter 1: The Scope of Orientalism, Part IV: Crisis?

3. What works did Friedrich Schlegel produce? What was his association with Orientalism?

4. What is noted about Henry Kissinger's views on public policy in the book?

5. What societies for Orientalism emerged in the nineteenth century?

6. What was Ernest Renan's background and education?

7. What is the importance of "Tableau historique," according to the author (127)?

8. When was the height of British colonialism? What areas were occupied by Britain?

9. What was Lord Cromer's association with Egypt?

10. Who was Ferdinand de Lesseps and how did he contribute to Orientalism?

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