Quiz for Document Project 25: Muhammad Ali: Reform Movements in the Late Ottoman Empire

  1. Question

    Which of the following did al-Tahtawi see as one of the “immoral traits” of the French (see Document 25.2)?

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Correct: The answer is c. al-Tahtawi believed that French women were promiscuous and that French men did not do enough to safeguard women’s honor.
    Incorrect: The answer is c. al-Tahtawi believed that French women were promiscuous and that French men did not do enough to safeguard women’s honor.
    Which of the following did al-Tahtawi see as one of the “immoral traits” of the French (see Document 25.2)?

  2. Question

    According to the author of the 1870 Ottoman decree, which of the following did the Bedouin lifestyle most resemble (see Document 25.1)?

    		A.
    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Correct: The answer is d. The author described the Bedouin as a primitive people who had not shared in the progress enjoyed by other subjects of the Ottoman Empire.
    Incorrect: The answer is d. The author described the Bedouin as a primitive people who had not shared in the progress enjoyed by other subjects of the Ottoman Empire.
    According to the author of the 1870 Ottoman decree, which of the following did the Bedouin lifestyle most resemble (see Document 25.1)?

  3. Question

    In Amin’s view, what led to the appearance of the “new woman” in Western society (see Document 25.3)?

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    		B.
    		C.
    		D.
    Correct: The answer is b. According to Amin, the emergence of the new woman in the West was the “consequence of the scientific discoveries that freed the human mind from the powers of delusion, suspicion, and superstition.”
    Incorrect: The answer is b. According to Amin, the emergence of the new woman in the West was the “consequence of the scientific discoveries that freed the human mind from the powers of delusion, suspicion, and superstition.”
    In Amin’s view, what led to the appearance of the “new woman” in Western society (see Document 25.3)?