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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. What was the purpose of the garden path?
(a) To preserve nature.
(b) So tea drinkers could have a nice view.
(c) To make the land around the tea room look aesthetically-pleasing.
(d) To sever any connection to the outside world.

2. Okakura relates what Taoist tale?
(a) Taming of the Harp.
(b) Taming of the Shrew.
(c) The Harpist.
(d) The Musician.

3. On what does modern art appreciation depend?
(a) More on genuine, individual love for art, than on fashion and word of mouth.
(b) More on fashion and word of mouth than genuine, individual love for art.
(c) More on word of mouth than fashion.
(d) More on fashion than word of mouth.

4. Even the tea-master was ______ himself.
(a) Art.
(b) A flower.
(c) Unique.
(d) Music.

5. Others were trying to create what feeling?
(a) Spiritual awakening.
(b) Fear.
(c) Hopelessness.
(d) Worry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How might a tea room appear to a Westerner?

2. What are the invention of tea masters?

3. The tea room is primarily derived in spirit from what?

4. How might the flower be memorialized?

5. What is the name of the tea room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the attitude of "Flower Masters" towards flowers.

2. Who is Pai Ya? What does he do with the instrument?

3. How does Okakura illustrate this attitude towards life?

4. How can one truly appreciate art?

5. Why might it be difficult for Westerners to appreciate Japanese architecture?

6. What is a Sukiya?

7. How did Rikyu's life come to an end?

8. What can cause problems for an artist? How is this a problem?

9. How did the art of flower arrangement begin?

10. What story does Okakura tell? What is the problem with the instrument in the book?

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