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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Have Westerners embraced tea fully?
(a) Yes, as a beverage and a social event.
(b) No, not fully.
(c) No, not at all.
(d) Yes, as a beverage.

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

3. Tea requires who to bring out its "noblest qualities?"
(a) A tea artist.
(b) A tea chef.
(c) A tea master.
(d) A tea leader.

4. Is it appropriate for Westerners to learn tea's origins and how tea is used elsewhere?
(a) Yes.
(b) Possibly.
(c) No. It will never be appropriate.
(d) No, not yet.

5. There was once a great harp crafted from what?
(a) The hair of a god.
(b) The finest tree in the land.
(c) Tea.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom is the tea room designed?

2. With what is Taoism is mostly concerned?

3. Many stories in Japan feature the rescue of what?

4. What does the "religion of aestheticism" celebrate?

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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