History 1123

Reading Questions: Max Havelaar, 62-94

1. What title does Max Havelaar have, what is his job and where does he fit into the social order of Indonesia or, as the Dutch called it then, the Dutch East Indies?
   
   
2. What is the role of the Regent in Indonesia according to the Dutch authorities? What is his role in Indonesia from the perspective of the indigenous population?
   
   
3. Before the Dutch arrived what would the role of the Regent have been in Indonesia?
   
   
4. What were the two basic governmental relationships between the Netherlands and those living in Indonesia and what were the governmental structures that fostered those relationships?
   
   
5. From what sources did the Regents draw the authority with which they ruled?
   
   
6. What are the similarities and differences between the Assistant Resident and the Regent and how was friction supposed to be avoided in their interactions with one another?
   
   
7. What are the revenue sources that supply that Regents with income?
   
   
8. How does the Netherlands domestic population benefit from the labor of Indonesians?
   
   
9. What does Max Havelaar, the writer of this reading selection say about Indonesian manners?
   
   
10. What do the following words mean: babu; siri, pinang and gambier; sarong; mandoor; and pendoppo?