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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 is the author of Heart of Darkness?
2. Who wrote Les Lois Psychologiques d l'Evolution des Peuples?
3. When was Reinhart Dozy's Histoire des Mussulmans d'Espagne jusqu'a .la Conquete de l'Andalousie par les Almoravides published?
4. What term used in the book refers to the exercise of absolute power, particularly in a cruel and oppressive way?
5. Who authored The Biology of British Politics in 1904?
Short Essay Questions
1. What were the Crusades? When did they occur?
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 did Wilhelm Dilthey's ideas influence Orientalism?
4. Who was Robert Knox and why does the author discuss him in Chapter 3?
5. Who wrote Islam and Capitalism and how did this work differ from those of the earlier Orientalists?
6. What were the differences between the pilgrimages to the Orient by Chateaubriand and others such as Flaubert, Vigny, Nerval and others?
7. What is significant about depictions of the Arab Muslim following World War II?
8. Who wrote Le Regne Animal and how was this work connected to Orientalism?
9. What impact did the 1973 oil crisis have on Western perceptions of the East?
10. How did Nietzsche describe the truth of language, as cited in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss R. W. Smith's impacts on Orientalism. How did Smith perceive the West's opinions and depictions of Muslim countries, cultures, and people? What were Smith's written contributions that are discussed in the book?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss "the Orient" as it applies to the history of Orientalism. What region(s) does the Orient encompass? What different languages and cultures can be found within this span? What religions pervade in the Orient?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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