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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The year _______ is the first written mention of tea in the Western world.
(a) 859.
(b) 869.
(c) 849.
(d) 879.

2. Lu Wu could be considered what?
(a) "Our tea Jesus."
(b) "Our god of tea."
(c) "Our first apostle of tea."
(d) "Our tea man."

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

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

5. What is one of these sides?
(a) The great artisan.
(b) The great painter.
(c) The great student.
(d) The great scholar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what century was a man named Lu Wu born?

2. For whom did tea became a favorite?

3. In 1890 the two split, perhaps due to what, and the fact that Okakura was outdoing his master?

4. What is the word for the "religion of aestheticism," which has grown up around tea in Japanese culture?

5. For what was tea praised?

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