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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Tea-Room.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom did tea became a favorite?
(a) Emperors and their courts.
(b) Villagers and farmers.
(c) Monks and priests.
(d) Kings and Queens.

2. When was this power of tea shown?
(a) By the late-1600s.
(b) By the late-1400s.
(c) By the late-1700s.
(d) By the late-1500s.

3. He studied at an English-language university, and was fluent in what three languages?
(a) English, French, and Japanese.
(b) Chinese, French, and Japanese.
(c) Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
(d) Chinese, English, and Japanese.

4. Okakura was born in 1862 to whom?
(a) A potter.
(b) A professor.
(c) A factory worker.
(d) A silk merchant.

5. What did some claim about tea?
(a) It cured health problems.
(b) It caused health problems.
(c) It was expensive.
(d) It was dirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tea is ________.

2. Why does Lu Wu prefer blue tea cups?

3. Who has developed a whole host of bizarre and incorrect stereotypes for Asians?

4. What has been beneficial to this "religion of aestheticism?"

5. Taoism emphasizes what?

(see the answer key)

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