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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How might a tea room appear to a Westerner?
(a) Quite appealing.
(b) Quite barren.
(c) Quite exciting.
(d) Quite elaborate.

2. What is the name of the tea room?
(a) Sukiya.
(b) Suzuki.
(c) Suki.
(d) Sushi.

3. Lu Wu insists that what kind of water is the best tea to brew with?
(a) Mountain spring.
(b) Lake.
(c) River.
(d) Sea.

4. The viewer is drawn to what about the artist?
(a) The artistic choices.
(b) The brush strokes.
(c) The soul.
(d) The word choice.

5. This imagery is reflected in many arts, such as the martial art of ____________ which emphasizes absorbing the enemy's blows in order to exhaust him.
(a) Karate.
(b) Tai-Kwan-Do.
(c) Kenpo.
(d) Jiu-jitsu.

Short Answer Questions

1. If something is ancient, is it valuable?

2. When asked how he mastered the harp, how did the harpist respond?

3. Tao, translated literally, means what?

4. For what was tea praised?

5. Why might it be hard for Westerners to appreciate the Japanese tradition of wood and bamboo architecture, and, therefore, hard to appreciate the tea room itself?

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