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I’m back off to Caledonia this evening for my examinations. But I’m back to New York by the evening of next Sunday anyhow, so I’m not gone for long.

For a peek at what our exams are actually like, here are the questions from last year’s exam for “MO3322 French Algeria 1830-1962”. Three questions must be answered in the space of three hours.

1. Assess the role that ideology played in the early stages of the French conquest of Algeria (1830-1848).

2. To what extent did Algerian resistance obstruct the extension of French control in Algeria between 1830 and 1871?

3. ‘For a settler to show that he is Republican he has to show his hostility and disdain for the Muslims’. (Charles-André Julien). To what extent does this describe the development of colonialism in Algeria after 1871?

4. Which factors shaped French views of Algeria and the Algerians, and what do such views reveal about French attitudes to colonialism?

5. Can the Algerian nationalists of the inter-war period be seen with justification as precursors of the independence movement?

6. Assess the role played by Algerian immigrants in France in the development of Algerian nationalism and the War of Independence.

7. Discuss the view that the Algerian War of Independence was in many respects a civil war.

8. Is the controversy over torture during the Algerian War of Independence a satisfactory explanation for France’s difficulties in coming to terms with the war’s legacy?

9. How important were tensions between central government in Paris and the colons in determining the nature of French policies in colonial Algeria?

Published at 12:43 pm on Saturday 8 January 2005. Categories: St Andrews.
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