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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lao Tzu's famous metaphor for this train of thought is what?
(a) The hole.
(b) Nature.
(c) The dance.
(d) The vacuum.

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

3. What does the "religion of aestheticism" celebrate?
(a) The colorful and bright.
(b) The peaceful and muted.
(c) The beautiful, the pure, and the harmonious.
(d) That which is in unity.

4. Flowers and trees are selected how?
(a) Very quickly.
(b) Very slowly.
(c) Very carefully.
(d) Very hastily.

5. Have Asians in turn developed the same for this culture?
(a) No.
(b) Not at first.
(c) At first.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Japanese under ______________________in the second half of the 19th century were pursuing efforts to modernize.

2. Finally a harp master named ___________ took the harp.

3. Why does Lu Wu prefer blue tea cups?

4. What is the word for the "religion of aestheticism," which has grown up around tea in Japanese culture?

5. Zennism emphasized the abstract and the imaginary, whereas Buddhism emphasized what?

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