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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The harm we do to others is a result of what?
(a) Others treating us poorly.
(b) A failure to know ourselves and come to grips with our own wickedness.
(c) Accidents.
(d) The devil.

4. With what is Taoism is mostly concerned?
(a) "Cosmic change" and the infinite nature of the universe.
(b) "Conformity of the group" and unity within a community.
(c) "Earthly change" and spiritual growth.
(d) "Personal change" and what takes place in the self.

5. What did Taoism challenge?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Authority and laws.
(c) Personal spirituality.
(d) Other religions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Taoism is concerned with what time?

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

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.

4. What is another side?

5. Did anyone oppose tea?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Lu Wu? What were his beliefs about tea?

2. What does the author say about Tao and Taoism?

3. How are the Whipped Tea era and the Boiled Tea era different?

4. What are the three main tea eras? How are these eras significant?

5. What did the two men do once they parted ways?

6. How did Zen contribute to Eastern thought?

7. What is said about THE BOOK OF TEA and tea at the end of the chapter?

8. What was the opinion of tea?

9. Who began modernization in Japan? What did modernization do to Japan, according to the author?

10. Did all Japanese accept modern, Western attitudes and behaviors? How do you know this?

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