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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. Is it appropriate for Westerners to learn tea's origins and how tea is used elsewhere?
(a) No. It will never be appropriate.
(b) Possibly.
(c) Yes.
(d) No, not yet.

2. The editor sees ___________ distinct sides of Okakura which he would alternately exhibit.
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

3. In 1890 the two split, perhaps due to what, and the fact that Okakura was outdoing his master?
(a) Differing beliefs.
(b) Different life paths.
(c) Strong egos in both men.
(d) Illness.

4. He died in 1913 after returning to Tokyo and contracting what disease?
(a) Typhoid fever.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Cancer.

5. What is the word for the "religion of aestheticism," which has grown up around tea in Japanese culture?
(a) T-ism.
(b) Tea-Taoism.
(c) Teaism.
(d) Teatimism.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was tea first brought to Europe?

2. America's own __________________ shows the power of tea.

3. How did tea grew in popularity?

4. Many did not accept efforts of modernization. There are several _________________________ documented from this time period, and many more scholars and others who attempted to preserve the old culture resisted modernization.

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

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