Artificial Paradises

Question: What did the Eastern Question mainly deal with during most of the 19th century?

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שאלה #193454

		A) Does India need to continue producing cannabis?
		B) How should the territories of the Ottoman Empire be divided, and when (or whether) will it fall?
		C) How do we divide the new world that exists in Egypt?
		D) How can the Ottoman Empire fight the West Empires?

Explanation: In the lectures, the Eastern Question is framed primarily as the European great-power problem of the Ottoman Empire’s expected decline—who will get which territories and under what timing/conditions once it collapses. (Lecture/Reading: Ram, Middle East Drug Cultures in the Long View.)

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Question: What was one of the factors behind the creation of the public sphere in Europe and the Middle East during the Enlightenment era?

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שאלה #193455

		A) The discovery of new intoxicant substances (coffee, tobacco, and opium) together with European imperialism reaching Europe
		B) The discovery of coffee in Egypt and its import to Europe
		C) The discovery of hashish in India
		D) The discovery of coffee in Ethiopia

Explanation : The lectures link the emergence of a “public sphere” in Europe and the Middle East to new practices and spaces of sociability—especially coffee and tobacco consumption in coffeehouses—which enabled regular gathering, conversation, and the circulation of opinions. The wider imperial and trade networks explain how these commodities and habits spread, but the direct “public sphere” mechanism is mainly coffeehouse sociability. (Lecture/Reading: Grehan, “Smoking and sociability in the Ottoman Empire”; broader global-context framing: Breen, The Age of Intoxication.)

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Question: What was the defining division that emerged in the public sphere in the new era?

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שאלה #193456

		A) Intoxicants – women; tea house – men
		B) Hashish – men; coffeehouse – women
		C) Coffeehouse – men; tea house – women
		D) Tea house – men; coffeehouse – women

Explanation: In the lectures, the “new” public sphere is described as gendered: the coffeehouse (qahvehkhaneh/café) became a largely male space of sociability and talk, while the tea house/tea space was more associated with women and domestic sociability. (Lecture/Reading: Grehan, “Smoking and sociability in the Ottoman Empire”.)

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Question: Why were coffeehouses in the Middle East so popular?

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שאלה #193457

		A) In the Middle East coffee was excellent, and hashish was also excellent
		B) Opium was fashionable, and coffee was addictive and a social trend
		C) Hashish in the Middle East was considered addictive, and coffee was excellent
		D) The possibility of consuming several intoxicants in parallel and the opportunity for social gathering

Explanation: The readings describe coffeehouses as central sites of sociability in the Middle East—places to meet, talk, and spend time together, often alongside coffee and tobacco (and sometimes other intoxicants), which explains their wide popularity. (Lecture/Reading: Grehan, “Smoking and sociability in the Ottoman Empire”.)

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Question: Which social class did hashish, wine, and opium belong to in the Middle East?

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שאלה #193459

		A) Hashish and opium belonged to the upper class, and wine belonged to the lower class.
		B) Hashish belonged to the lower class; opium and wine belonged to the upper class.
		C) Hashish belonged to the lower class; wine belonged to the middle class; and opium belonged to the upper class.
		D) Wine belonged to the upper class; hashish and opium belonged to the lower class.

Explanation: In the lectures, hashish is associated mainly with lower-class / popular consumption, while wine and opium are more tied to elite/upper-class settings (courtly/medical/affluent use). (Lecture/Reading: Ram, Middle East Drug Cultures in the Long View.)

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Question: When and how did tobacco arrive in Europe?

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שאלה #193460

		A) At the end of the 18th century, via the Dutch who discovered it in America
		B) At the end of the 15th century, via the Portuguese who discovered it in America
		C) At the beginning of the 16th century, via the Spanish who discovered it in America
		D) At the end of the 13th century, by the British who discovered it in India

Explanation: Tobacco was encountered by Europeans in the New World after 1492 and spread into Europe in the 16th century; the reading notes it reached Europe within decades of Columbus’s voyage. (Lecture/Reading: Ram, “Middle East Drug Cultures in the Long View”).

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Question: What caused opposition to coffeehouses when they first emerged?

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שאלה #193461

		A) “Prostitution” that operated there
		B) The possibility for discourse against the government
		C) The possibility for discourse against God while using mind-altering substances
		D) The high prices because they sold coffee and hashish there

Explanation: The lectures describe early coffeehouse opposition as driven mainly by state anxiety over coffeehouses enabling political discussion and criticism of rulers (“speech against the government”), making them potential sites of dissent. (Lecture/Reading: Grehan, “Smoking and sociability in the Ottoman Empire”; also in Ram, Middle East Drug Cultures in the Long View.)

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Question: What led to the rapid spread (within 150 years) of intoxicants such as cannabis, coffee, coca, tea, and cappiano?

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שאלה #193462

		A) Free trade
		B) The creation of the public sphere and its spread
		C) The spread of European imperialism starting in the 16th century
		D) All answers are correct

Explanation: The lectures frame the fast global circulation of intoxicants as driven by expanding imperial and commercial networks (especially from the 16th century), alongside new social institutions and consumption spaces that helped normalize and spread these commodities—so the combined factors listed in A–C work together. (Lecture/Reading: Breen, The Age of Intoxication; plus sociability/public sphere context in Grehan.)

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Question: Who was Édouard Liénard?

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שאלה #193463

		A) An English drugs baron who first identified the potential of hashish in Egypt
		B) A French official in the Indian government who imposed restrictions on hashish trade in India
		C) A British folklorist (a collector and writer of popular traditions, stories, and “folk” culture) who is known to have lived in the 19th century
		D) The first head of the British intelligence service in Egypt

Explanation: In the lectures, Édouard Liénard appears as a 19th-century folklorist whose accounts contributed to European representations of hashish. (Lecture/Reading: Ram, Hashishophobia; also connected to Guba de Sacy and the “myth of the Hashishin”.)

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Question: What was the main reason for the conflict between Britain and China over opium?

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שאלה #193464

		A) The Chinese wanted to keep opium from Britain.
		B) The British wanted China to buy the opium trade from them.
		C) The British wanted to lower the price of opium because it was exported from China.
		D) The Chinese wanted to raise the price of opium that was exported from Britain to India.

Explanation: The lectures describe the core conflict as Britain pushing to maintain/expand the opium trade into China (to secure revenue and balance trade), while Chinese authorities tried to stop the import and its social/economic damage—this clash escalated into war. (Lecture/Reading: Breen, The Age of Intoxication; also appears in Wright, Not Just a “Place for the Smoking of Opium”.)

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Discuss, Learn and be Happy דיון בשאלות

Question: What did the Eastern Question mainly deal with during most of the 19th century?

Question: What was one of the factors behind the creation of the public sphere in Europe and the Middle East during the Enlightenment era?

Question: What was the defining division that emerged in the public sphere in the new era?

Question: Why were coffeehouses in the Middle East so popular?

Question: Which social class did hashish, wine, and opium belong to in the Middle East?

Question: When and how did tobacco arrive in Europe?

Question: What caused opposition to coffeehouses when they first emerged?

Question: What led to the rapid spread (within 150 years) of intoxicants such as cannabis, coffee, coca, tea, and cappiano?

Question: Who was Édouard Liénard?

Question: What was the main reason for the conflict between Britain and China over opium?

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