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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Taoism and Zennism.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The West may never truly _______________ the East.
(a) Accept.
(b) Trust.
(c) Like.
(d) Understand.

3. A typical Westerner might see in the tea ceremony a certain ____________________________ that he would then equate to the entire culture of Japan and its people.
(a) Peace and acceptance.
(b) Respect and quiet.
(c) Strangeness and rigidity.
(d) Quaintness and childishness.

4. What does Taoism say about right and wrong?
(a) They are concrete.
(b) They are relative and not absolute.
(c) They are not arguable.
(d) They are objective.

5. What did some people call tea?
(a) A "foul-tasting custom."
(b) A "strange custom."
(c) A "filthy custom."
(d) A "foul-smelling custom."

Short Answer Questions

1. Tea began as what and only gradually grew into a beverage?

2. What cannot be disputed is that, in his time, he was one of the greatest _____________ scholars, and his knowledge of this art was unparalleled.

3. What was the name of the book he wrote?

4. Lu Wu, in this book, describes what aspects of tea?

5. Taoism is concerned with what time?

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