History 1123

Reading Questions: Max Havelaar, 95-178.

1. What were the different ethnic groups in the Dutch East Indies in the middle of the 19th century and what position in the social order did each occupy?
   
   
2. What aspects of the installation ceremony for Max Havelaar as Assistant Resident seem to be "Dutch" and which aspects make concessions to Indonesian (or more specifically Javanese) culture?
   
   
3. What is the background of Max's wife Tina?
   
   
4. Why are the Havelaars so poor?
   
   
5. What is Bantam Kidul?
   
   
6. What is the major religion on the island of Java?
   
   
7. What is the meaning of the following words: dessah and sebah?
   
   
8. What is Havelaar's aim in addressing the chiefs of Lebak and how does he try to achieve it?
   
   
9. According to Havelaar, what are the problems in Lebak?
   
   
10. How do Droogstoppel and Blatherer respectively justify the colonization of the Dutch East Indies?
    
    
11. What sort of trouble did Max Havelaar have at Padang?