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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What can the name of the tea room mean?
(a) Abode of Fancy, Abode of Vacancy, and Abode of the Unsymmetrical.
(b) Abode of Simplicity, Abode of Fancy, and Abode of Tea.
(c) Abode of Love, Abode of Tea, and Abode of Peace.
(d) Abode of Vacancy, Abode of Taoism, and Abode of Fancy.

3. When asked how he mastered the harp, how did the harpist respond?
(a) He spent many hours playing the harp.
(b) He tricked the harp.
(c) He let the harp choose the music.
(d) He told the harp what to play.

4. The guests must hunch down to enter the ______________ door.
(a) Three-foot-high.
(b) One-foot-high.
(c) Two-foot-high.
(d) Four-foot-high.

5. How will guests salute this flower upon entering the space?
(a) With a dance.
(b) With a profound bow.
(c) With a song.
(d) With a kiss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Okakura laments that the flower was born how?

2. What did some claim about tea?

3. The year _______ is the first written mention of tea in the Western world.

4. If something is ancient, is it art?

5. Okakura relates what Taoist tale?

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