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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Tea-Room.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Okakura worked to make the Boston Museum a world-famous repository of what?
(a) Asian art.
(b) Chinese art.
(c) Japanese art.
(d) Korean art.

2. Zennism emphasized the abstract and the imaginary, whereas Buddhism emphasized what?
(a) Happiness.
(b) The Golden Rule.
(c) Memorization of scriptures.
(d) Nirvana and reincarnation.

3. What is the purpose of the garden path?
(a) It connects the larger structure with the tea room.
(b) It surrounds the tea room.
(c) It is a place to drink tea.
(d) It is a place to relax.

4. Okakura used tea as a symbol for what in East Asia?
(a) Love.
(b) Art.
(c) Life.
(d) Freedom.

5. Tea was known in China since when?
(a) Several decades ago.
(b) Modern times.
(c) Four decades ago.
(d) Ancient times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is this book considered?

2. Is it appropriate for Westerners to learn tea's origins and how tea is used elsewhere?

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

4. When was this power of tea shown?

5. The person in #60 combined teaism with Confucianism, Taoism, and what other religion?

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