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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Cup of Humanity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Japanese under ______________________in the second half of the 19th century were pursuing efforts to modernize.
(a) Emperor Meiji.
(b) Emperor Itoku.
(c) Emperor Suizei.
(d) Emperor Jimmu.

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

3. Many Japanese treated heirlooms and traditional art as what?
(a) Precious treasures.
(b) Little more than junk.
(c) Family jewels.
(d) Everyday items.

4. Are stereotypes breaking down with modernization?
(a) Yes.
(b) Only slightly.
(c) No.
(d) Only at first.

5. Beyond curating, he wrote several books, lectured extensively, and submitted articles to _______________ journals.
(a) Art.
(b) Academic and art.
(c) Science.
(d) Academic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Have Westerners embraced tea fully?

2. Mankind is well known for investing great care in __________ things.

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

4. The year _______ is the first written mention of tea in the Western world.

5. In 1890 the two split, perhaps due to what, and the fact that Okakura was outdoing his master?

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