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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has the exact meaning of Tao changed based upon context?
(a) The original text has been lost.
(b) Lao Tzu did not want others to believe as he believed.
(c) Lao Tzu was uncertain about its conception himself.
(d) The original meaning is lost in translation.

2. What did some claim about tea?
(a) It caused health problems.
(b) It cured health problems.
(c) It was expensive.
(d) It was dirty.

3. Ultimately, what intermingle as to be indistinguishable?
(a) Sociology and music.
(b) Art and music.
(c) Artist and musician.
(d) Art and artist.

4. These are different from ________________, which is a communistic thought.
(a) Confucianism.
(b) Non-Confucianism.
(c) Neo-Confucianism.
(d) Daoism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A masterpiece viewed in this way becomes what?

2. To truly appreciate art, one must do what?

3. It is unfortunate that Taoism and Zennism, which are so intimately linked to Teaism, have had no very good translations for who to digest properly?

4. Art masters are _________ for their art lives in those who can appreciate it.

5. What does Zennism mean?

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